competition sharpens on the right
David Lisnard (left), LR mayor of Cannes, and Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region….

competition sharpens on the right
David Lisnard (left), LR mayor of Cannes, and Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Francois BOUCHON / Francois BOUCHON
DECRYPTION – Laurent Wauquiez came out of his media silence while David Lisnard now defends the idea of a primary.
His long silence eventually tired even his supporters. So, Laurent Wauquiez decided to speak. “It means that he listens to us”breathes, somewhat relieved, a tenor of the Republicans. In a river interview granted to Point to be published on May 11, the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region outlines his strategy for the presidential 2027. While engaging in a form of introspection. “I learned what the loneliness of failure is…I learned the importance of listening and humility”, he confides. Before adding: “It’s fundamental when you want to take care of the destiny of a country.”
The sentence of “natural candidate“From the right, as the head of the LR, Éric Ciotti, has hammered so much, sounds like a booster shot. But also, as a response to those who, at Les Républicains, ended up getting annoyed at the discretion of the regional president. “It is true that nature abhors a vacuum, but the day Laurent starts, the theater will be different“, hopes a…