The city of Valence (Drôme) hosts the Young Republicans campus all weekend from September 30 to October 1. The organization claims between 7,000 and 10,000 members. The highlight of this meeting which will renew the leadership of the Young Republicans: a speech by Laurent Wauquiez. The very discreet boss of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is beginning his return to the national scene, with the 2027 presidential election in his sights.
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During the party’s return to school at the end of August in the Alpes-Maritimes, Laurent Wauquiez proudly dodged the journalists’ microphones. “ I will speak in Valencia and not before », replied the one who has become a master, on the right, in the art of making oneself desired.
“ It is he who sets the tempo and chooses the themes on which he expresses himself. », repeats those around him. The choice of the Young Republicans campus is therefore not by chance. “ Laurent wants to speak to these young people who are victims of the crises the country is going through and to those who are involved in politics », explains one of the organizers, according to whom the boss of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region is “ THE » right-wing youth candidate.
So, the welcome promises to be warm for those who have prepared a general policy speech with concrete measures. “ But it will not be a declaration of candidacy “, tempers a relative, “ you must first build a project. Many have bitten their fingers for leaving too soon “.
Continuing to exist without skipping steps is the difficult equation for Laurent Wauquiez who already has serious competitors in front of him on the right, Gerald Darmanin has Édouard Philippe via Bruno Le Maire.
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