They do leave more, and that’s only the beginning! At noon Wednesday at the headquarters of the Republicans, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Baroin will appear arm in arm on the occasion of a meeting with more than four hundred mayors LR stamped.
Officially, the party leader wants to discuss any local issues – withdrawal of the state, school timetables … – in the conference held yesterday Porte de Versailles, and Baroin which is the organizer as president of the Association of mayors of France (AMF). Unofficially, this meeting will be the first act of a communication process that will lead the Senator and Mayor of Troyes on Sunday announced his support for Sarkozy’s candidacy for the primary. It should do so on Europe 1 radio, where he started as a reporter in the late 1980s.
This support is anything but a surprise. For months, Baroin not hide his preference for the former head of state, which he rents in private “energy, leadership capacity and experience of high office.” Mostly it grows against Alain Juppe, Sarkozy’s main opponent, tenacious hatred. “For sure it helped the approximation …” summarizes a loyal lieutenant Sarkozy.
Between Baroin and Juppe history dates back to 1995, when Prime Minister Jacques Chirac ousted the young spokesman of the government, only five months after his appointment. And in June 2011, as was outlined redesign, Juppé had championed for the appointment of Bruno Le Maire at Bercy. “He felt that Baroin was not in, recalls a former minister. Of course, Nicolas has not given and appointed François … “Annoyed, Baroin has never forgiven the mayor of Bordeaux:” I will never work for him, even if he is elected president Republic. I do not want to be put under the authority of that man there, “he told Gaël Tchakaloff, the author of” Rabbit and wonders “(Ed. Flammarion).
Sarkozy the formalization of this support is a good move. “It can be a major asset,” notes Brice Hortefeux, who is aware of Baroin good popularity with the French. “It’s a personality that tick many boxes recognizes MP Eric Ciotti. That of knowledge territories since his appointment as head of the AMF, youth and renewal as he has 50 years of experience as a former minister, and of course the legacy Chirac. “Arguments that make smile some candidates in the primary. “Baroin was elected for the first time in 1993. I do not see where is the renewal”, a tackle near Le Maire. Other attack ‘nonchalance’ and ‘lack of appetite for the substantive work. ” “It’s strategist, but for himself and his career plans. Otherwise, we can not tell whether a real hard worker, “shoves a former minister who knew him well.
Still, the hypothesis of a Elysée ticket / Matignon between Sarkozy and Baroin made his way slowly “we’re not in it,” does one politely returns in the entourage of the former head of state. Other blithely crossing it not. “They Guinea arrowroot few months ago, says a senator. For the conquest of 2007, Nicolas was in 2006 displayed his ticket with François Fillon. And it worked well. He might be tempted to repeat the same shot with Baroin this time. “
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