French Interior Minister (and perhaps the future presidential candidate) leader in the Conservative Party
The French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau won the race for the position of the leader of the Main Conservative Party in the country, Les Républicains (Polish Republicans), increasing the chances of his start in the presidential election in two years.
Retailleau, an ardent conservative who will probably push the party even more to the right, recorded a sharp increase in popularity since joining the government in September. Experts expected to dethronize the current Republican leader Laurenta Wauquiezawho applied for re -election.
According to the official data of the party, Retailleau obtained over 74 percent. votes.
Republicans under previous names dominated in French politics for decades, with former presidents such as Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy in their ranks. Conservative force, however, fell into a political purgatory after the president's election Emmanuel Macron In 2017, they staggered the country's political balance.
Since then, the party has suffered a series of election failures, but in September last year. Unexpectedly, she returned to the government. This move meant that the 64-year-old retailleau was in the government for the first time.
The party is now fighting to recover right -wing voters in a potentially widely open presidential race in 2027 without a Macron, who cannot apply for the third term. His rival on the right will be Marine Le Pen – if legal problems do not deraise her candidacy.
