The far right is kept out of this circle of candidacies. The objective set out by Laurent Wauquiez therefore remains a single candidate and a single right- and center-right platform, distinct from Macronism, settled before Christmas.
The meeting he proposes is meant to establish a common rule for choosing among them, rather than letting candidacies multiply.
It will be up to the candidates to determine the method of selection: a primary, a poll or a conclave.
Laurent Wauquiez is calling on declared candidates of the right and the center to meet “within 15 days” in order to agree on a method for choosing among them, with a view to the presidential election. According to him, this approach has a prospect only if the camp unites. “It has no chance of succeeding if there are several candidates,” he insists.