The members of the Républicains party have overwhelmingly backed former Interior Minister and party leader Bruno Retailleau to represent them in next year’s French presidential election.
Perhaps signalling a shift to the right in French politics, the liberal-conservative political party, long seen as the heir of the Gaullist tradition, has thrown its weight behind the Senator from the Vendée, the historic bastion of traditional Catholic conservatism in France, dating back to before the Revolution.
Over the weekend, Les Républicains (LR) members were called on to share their strategic preference as the party heads into the campaign to replace…
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