The LR president of the Aix-Marseille metropolis, Martine Vassal, rallies Emmanuel Macron
The LR president of the Aix-Marseille metropolis and the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Martine Vassal, announced this Friday March 4 her support for Emmanuel Macron for the presidential election, considering in particular that we do not change “no captain in the storm”.
The elected official, who presented herself at the municipal council of Marseille, where she is also elected, told AFP that she had been part of her decision in advance to Valérie Pécresse, the candidate of the Republicans for the presidential election, and Christian Jacob, the president of his party.
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The former candidate for mayor of Marseille, beaten in the last municipal elections by the left-wing coalition of “Marseille Spring”told AFP that she remained, however, “LR insert” but renounced her functions within the political apparatus of the Republicans, at national and local level, where she was departmental secretary of Bouches-du-Rhône.
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“The interest of the nation”
This rallying to the President of the Republic follows that of the other figure of the local executive, the President of the Regional Council, Renaud Muselier, who had crossed the Rubicon on February 26 by reproaching the party he had already left. “its drift towards the extreme right”.
Emmanuel Macron is also supported by the mayor of Toulon (Var) and president of the Toulon-Provence-Mediterranean metropolis Hubert Falco and by the mayor of Nice and president of the Nice-Côte-d’Azur metropolis, Christian Estrosi, both former G / D. LR deputy Eric Ciotti chose Valérie Pécresse.
“Yes, I am not the only one to support President Macron. Today there is indeed a difficulty (at LR) where a complete overhaul is to be done ”noted Mrs. Vassal while greeting “the courage of Valérie Pécresse”don’t say ” friend “.
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“But above all, I look at the interest of the nation and the institutions that I have the honor of chairing. »
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Before the municipal assembly, Martine Vassal argued that“You don’t change captains in a storm”explaining that the outgoing president had “able to show lucidity and anticipation in its management of the health crisis or the Ukrainian crisis” whereas “nothing was planned”.
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“Attached to the future of (its) territory and all its inhabitants”the elected official is also grateful to the President of the Republic, “in this troubled time”to not have ” forget it “ Marseilles where he financed a major plan for “schools”the “transport, housing and security for all”.
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