For the presidency of LR, the Wauquiez and Retailleau camps closely scrutinize the new inserts – Liberation

In The match between Laurent Wauquiez and Bruno Retailleau For the Presidency of the Republicans (LR), the first round stopped on Thursday at midnight, date of closing of memberships. « Make cards », Harted in the two stables, harnessed for weeks to convince the former members to take theirs and push the sympathizers to contribute for the first time. Everything LR has professional touts, small hands, local elected officials stuck there. The method? « Call friends, parents of friends, friends of friends », takes place an expert in the party. The right, this big family …

Result, the party now has 105,000 members, indicates the direction of the movement at Release. The teams of the two candidates expect a final table between 110,000 and 115,000 cards. Official figures will not be communicated for several days, until the High Authority for the Party checks each membership. Sign that the card machines were packed, as with each internal competition: LR had, on February 13, 2025, 43,859 members. More than 66,000 people therefore contributed to the party to decide between the boss of the LR deputies of the Minister of the Interior. It is more than in 2022,