Hervé Morin is continuing his push for a primary election for the right and center. This Monday, the president of the Normandy region directly warned Édouard Philippe, stating that he would bear "a heavy responsibility" if he persisted in refusing to participate.
"I think that today no one can consider it a given," the former minister declared on CNews and Europe 1. Having launched a petition signed by more than 200 elected officials, Hervé Morin wants to push the various right-wing and center-right candidates to accept a common procedure to designate a single representative in 2027.
A charter sent to the candidates
Hervé Morin plans to send the candidates a charter outlining several conditions: support for European integration, sound public finances, decentralization, and combating immigration. He estimates that between five and seven million French voters could participate in this primary and refuses, at this stage, to automatically exclude Éric Zemmour or the Reconquête party.
According to him, David Lisnard, Gabriel Attal, and Bruno Retailleau are now open, to varying degrees, to the idea of a joint primary. Édouard Philippe thus appears to be the main obstacle to the project. "Whoever refuses this primary will bear a heavy responsibility before the voters of their political family," warned Hervé Morin.
The mayor of Le Havre remains the leading centrist candidate in the polls and believes a primary is unnecessary. However, faced with the growing number of candidates, his opponents and several right-wing leaders are now increasing the pressure to force him to submit to a tie-breaking vote.
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