This evening, the movement “La France audacieuse” is organizing a public meeting in Nice.
This movement, which is “not a political party” — as its promoters say — recognizes “dual membership, except with extremist movements,” and is open to all, both elected officials and citizens.
Christian Estrosi, LR mayor of Nice who is at its origin, explains: “We are the movement that carries the voice of the territories. The boldness we embody comes from the territories. The boldness we desire is citizen-driven and participatory.”
There is ambition in these words and a certain form of self-congratulation.
But didn’t Goethe say: “Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it”? So…
Right and center mayors have declared their support: besides Mr. Estrosi, the LR members Jean-Luc Moudenc (Toulouse), Christophe Béchu (Angers), Laurent Marcangeli (Ajaccio), Jean Rottner (Mulhouse), Delphine Burkli (Paris IXe), from Châteauroux (Gil Avérous), from Vesoul (Alain Chrétien), from Reims (Arnaud Robinet), and from Le Havre (Luc Lemonnier), Xavier Bonnefont (Angoulême), Yves Nicolin (Roanne), Emile-Robert Combetout (Limoges), Olivier Carré (Orleans), and J.M. Pujol (Perpignan) are the leading officials of the most significant municipalities.
The objective? To fill the gap between increasingly radicalized LR and Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche supporters to make the voice of the territories heard and to have an impact on the political debate.
How? So far, nothing significant has been observed, but tonight we should know a bit more.
