Regional: Estrosi lead the UMP list Paca, at the request of … – Challenges.fr

Paris (AFP) – The former minister, Christian Estrosi, lead, at the request of Nicolas Sarkozy, the UMP list in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) to regional elections in December, announced the UMP Tuesday in a statement to AFP.

“Given the importance of the issue,” the president of the UMP asked Mr. Estrosi, Mayor of Nice and candidate for the UMP primary in 2016, “each of which knows the experience to lead the list of” Paca for these elections, says the UMP in a statement.

“Face the one hand at the disastrous results of the left who for three terms, destroys the economic potential of this strategic region and, secondly, to the impasse that would be the National Front for the people of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ” Mr Sarkozy “thanked Mr. Estrosi to accept to carry (them) values” UMP “in this election,” the statement said.

Mr. Estrosi, President of the National Commission investiture UMP, “is best able to gather all the forces and represents the best chance of victory for our political family,” Judge his party.

The mayor of Nice, which was received Tuesday morning by Mr. Sarkozy will be sworn in Thursday at an investiture commission of the UMP in Paris.

In the entourage of UMP was told AFP that the UMP other heavy weight Paca (Jean-Claude Gaudin, Hubert Falco, Eric Ciotti, Renaud Muselier) supported Mr Estrosi “200%”.

M. Ciotti, Member of the Maritime Alps, for example, said on his Twitter account on Tuesday that Mr Estrosi “is the best candidate to defeat the National Front.”

“I welcome the candidacy of my friend @ cestrosi? Régionales2015 to #. I will be at his side to the reconquest of #PACA region, “wrote his side Hubert Falco, Senator and Mayor of Toulon.

” US and gathered around Christian Estrosi “praised in turn MEP Renaud Muselier.

This one, received on Monday by Mr Sarkozy will lead the UMP list of Bouches-du-Rhône and” will become senior vice president of the region in case of victory Estrosi, “he does one said.

Mr. Estrosi face including the PS deputy mayor of Forcalquier (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), Christophe Castaner. FN, the top of the list should be the member of Vaucluse, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, after the withdrawal of Jean-Marie Le Pen.