Alexandre Chauveau, edited by Manon Fossat
The campaign of candidate LR is struggling to take off. According to the polls, she still stagnates in third place behind Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. An observation that questions internally and even makes some doubt. Several executives want Valérie Pécresse to open up more and impose strong markers.
Valérie Pécresse is going this Friday to Oyonnax, in Ain, for a trip on the theme of health. The LR candidate for the presidential election, who had to revise her proposal to increase salaries by 10%, is stagnating in the polls and remains in third place behind Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Enough to doubt some internally, who wonder about her ability to win and urge the candidate to open up more.
“Split the armor” is the expression that has been coming up repeatedly on the right lately. Several executives thus urge the candidate to leave performances sometimes deemed too academic and to impose strong markers in the campaign. His proposals, although clear-cut on immigration or inheritance rights, do not necessarily meet the hoped-for echo, because they are “drowned” in the middle of other measures deemed less important, some deplore.
The personality of Pécresse questions
“A presidential campaign is three or four key themes that must be hammered home,” confides a member of the team, a symbol of the doubts that are emerging internally about his ability to imprint his ideas on public opinion. And then, his personality also questions. Very serious, sometimes even considered cold, Valérie Pécresse does not lend itself to the good words of François Hollande, nor to crowds like Nicolas Sarkozy or Emmanuel Macron.
But the candidate assumes her style and is betting on credibility, even if her entourage recommends that she give more flesh to her campaign. The Zénith de Paris meeting on February 13 will be an opportunity for her to present, beyond a programme, her vision for France.