Congress Republicans: resignation of Renaud Muselier revives tensions

Econduced by Xavier Bertrand, to whom he brought his support against Eric Ciotti, the President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region left the party the Republicans, which he accuses “porosity with the extreme right “.

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It is again the sunny lands of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) that the shake came. In this internal campaign of the party the Republicans (LR), which must designate the er and 4 December the one or the one that will bring its colors for the 2022 vote, the candidates and their entourages were very Do not create hot edges. The password past mouth in the mouth was the gathering. It has been the case for months of forgetting the image of a divisional party, trimmed on one side by the extreme right and the other by the macrony. But it was not to mention the perpetual psychodrama in the PACA region where we go to resignation in twenty-four hours.

Everything starts on November 23, when Renaud Muserier gives an interview to the Parisian in which he announces his support for the President of the Hauts-de-France, Xavier Bertrand. In passing, the elected at open war against other figures LR in the south Naris the member of the Alpes-Maritimes Eric Ciotti, also a candidate for the investiture of his party for the presidential election. Xavier Bertrand “Respects our values, unlike some of our executives who betray our heritage,” said Mr. Muselier on a daily basis. Eric Ciotti has, on the other hand, according to him, “talent to send signals to the extreme right” which he “is the false nose”. A “moral and political fault”, assures the one who explains want to join Emmanuel Macron if adventure his internal enemy was chosen on December 4th.

If Eric Ciotti does not sprinkle with these attacks on Twitter, Xavier Bertrand either. The candidate purely refuses and simply the support of the President of the PACA region. “Renaud Muserier has chosen to bring me his support, but I can not accept the terms. His attacks against Eric Ciotti and David Lisnard are unacceptable,” writes the former Minister of Labor on Twitter. As early as December 4th, he explains on the same medium, “I hear campaign with all the candidates, including my friend Eric Ciotti”.

Poison arrow

The message is clear: between Eric Ciotti and Renaud Muserier, Xavier Bertrand made his choice. Received five out of five by Mr. Muselier, who announces Leaving the Live Republicans, on LCI, Wednesday, November 24 in the morning. A few months after Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, and Hubert Falco, the mayor of Toulon, who all slammed the door of Vaugirard Street in May. At the time at the time, the crisis around the issue of an alliance with the Republic in PACA for regional elections. Renaud Muserier, supported by the two edges, wanted to conclude. Part of LR, conducted by Eric Ciotti, did not want it. At the end of more agitated meetings, the nomination of Renaud Muselier in the regional elections was voted by almost all, with the exception of M. Ciotti and some others. Between the two men, the names of birds and the accusations of connivance, who with Marine Le Pen, who with Emmanuel Macron, have stopped fussing. A visioned all the more tenacious that Renaud Muserier is very close to Christian Estrosi, himself intimate enemy of Mr. Ciotti. The fires of hatred under the sun of the Côte d’Azur.

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