MP Éric Ciotti won the first round of the closed primary election organized by LR, and for the second round today and tomorrow, he faces the president of the Ile-de-France region Valérie Pécresse, who received support of the three other eliminated candidates Michel Barnier, Xavier Bertrand and Philippe Juvin.
It is ” the unexpected finale “, spear The Parisian. Eric Ciotti, it was “ the little thing “And for him, it is” Mission accomplished. With a little more than a quarter of the vote, he takes pole position and even surprises his own supporters “, Underlines this daily newspaper, for the second round, without reservation of obvious voice,” he is the challenger “. However, in The Parisian, support from Xavier Bertrand warns, “ with our activists, we always risk having surprises! “.
As for Valérie Pécresse, she is “ clearly favorite “, Admits support from Eric Ciotti in The Parisian, but, he adds, “Be careful that there is not a provincial vote against Paris “.
Ciotti-Pécresse? Pécresse-Ciotti? “ An almost unthinkable scenario a few weeks ago “, point Humanity. For the communist daily, “ the extremization of the right is confirmed ” in France.
At half-time of the match, the results drawn up by Release is from the same barrel: ” a big burn and a bad news “. The big burn is Xavier Bertrand (we will come back to this). And the bad news for Libé, it’s ” the porosity of activists Republicans with far-right speeches “.
Very different opinion, as we can imagine, in the press close to the right
For Le Figaro, in any case, ” the right raises its head “, His line is” straight “and it is a” clear line “, because when he arrives first in the first lap, Éric Ciotti steers” a frankly liberal-conservative right “. Precisely, this conservative daily notes that “ to rush towards the center, LR left on his right, in free access, more than 35% of the French “. For Le Figaro, therefore, Ciotti in the lead, ” it is a precious compass for navigating in favorable waters “.
This does not mean that between the two finalists, this newspaper has chosen its camp. No, no, Valérie Pécresse showed a “ real clairvoyance on the collapse of the country “And she adds to this vision” an incarnation that reassures right-wing voters seduced by Emmanuel Macron. Because in terms of “competence” and “modernity”, Valerie Pécresse “Has nothing to fear “, valued Le Figaro.
For Xavier Bertrand, therefore, the blow is on the other hand very harsh. The president of the Hauts-de-France region arrived penultimate in this closed LR primary
It is “ the fall », Admits again Le Figaro, and it is all the rougher that, ” until the end, he believed in it “. This newspaper thus indicates that Xavier Bertrand had even “ planned a press conference for the announcement of the results then a media the same Thursday evening before moving on to a (JT of) 8 p.m. on Saturday in the wake of the second round from which he saw himself emerging as a winner “! For the one who saw himself as “the favorite” of this closed primary, ” everything stopped abruptly. Suddenly. Right after the first round. Without seeing anything coming “, pointLe Figaro. What will Xavier Bertrand do now? ” He will have to resume a normal life. Monday, he has an appointment for his third dose of vaccination », Points out Le Figaro.