'Macron wants to leave lipstick marks on my collar': politician lets loose

The departmental and regional elections are on everyone's mind. In 45 days, exactly, the French will have to go to the polls to elect their regional councillors. Initially scheduled for March 2021, these have been postponed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic. Finally, the first round will take place on June 20, while the second will take place on June 27. And for the very first time, Éric Dupond-Moretti will face universal suffrage. Candidate in the Hauts-de-France region, he will be at the top of the departmental list of Pas-de-Calais, he announced this Friday, May 7, during an interview with the Voix du Nord.

His primary goal? Beat the National Rally, since Marine Le Pen presents herself in the Hénin-Beaumont bastion, but not only. The Minister of Justice also wants to weaken Xavier Bertrand, the outgoing president of Hauts-de-France. "Unlike Mr. Bertrand, I do not want to hunt on the lands of the National Rally. I want to drive the National Rally out of this land," explained the Keeper of the Seals. A relative of Xavier Bertrand also confided in the columns of Le Parisien, published this Saturday, May 8, concerning the candidate in the 2022 presidential race. "Macron wants to leave me traces of lipstick on my collar", would have explained Xavier Bertrand in private. The regional battle for the North promises to be tense. Another member of Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-minister's team said: "Unless Macron's strategy is to try to beat Bertrand and elect the Front to build a bulwark against the presidential". Doubts hover between the political parties.

Political alliances?

According to a member of the government, these regional elections "will be a shit hole for all parties", reported journalist Rosalie Lucas in the columns of Le Parisien, on April 29. Many allies of Emmanuel Macron fear a high score for the National Rally in several regions and are already imagining some alliances with other parties.

Article written in collaboration with 6Medias.

Photo credits: Eliot Blondet / Pool / Bestimage

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