In the face the left is in dispersed order

Described as "winnable" region by the UMP, the Pays de la Loire are a symbol for the presidential majority. In 2004, François Fillon had lost this area, the fifth of France in population, the Socialist Jacques Auxiette, former Mayor of the Roche-sur-Yon, now candidate to his re-election on this territory contrasted with four departments out of five right while the left is the main cities.

To carry out this struggle, the right first designated Roselyne Bachelot. But the Minister of health, far from making unanimity in the ranks of the right, withdrew. Therefore, Christophe Béchu, thirty-five years, UMP President of the General Council of the Maine-et-Loire, which has been designated. Unwilling to conduct this fight received Nicolas Sarkozy - Advisor communication, Franck Louvrier, eligible position in Loire-Atlantique-l figure' order to drive the right in the regional. Phenomenon of precocity in politics to become President of General Council at the age of twenty-nine, Christophe Béchu is the joker of the presidential majority. He failed to switch the city of Angers in 2008 before taking a year later, the UMP in the European list obtaining a Honourable 27.7 of the votes at the regional level.

Wave of departure to the Modem

Christophe Béchu will benefit from a strong cohesion to the right. He easily joined the movement for the France of Philippe de Villiers, who chairs a very grounded Vendée on the right. The center-right is also significant in the first round, support this underlying consideration a reservoir of voice limited in the second. Jean Arthuis, President of the General Council of the Mayenne and leader of the centrist Alliance, did not constitute a list of the centre including the Modem. Visit Angers mid-January, François Bayrou has reduced this project to nil by considering an alliance with the left and the ecologists if the Modem does not exceed 10. This statement caused a new wave of departures, such as Laurent Gérault, head of the Modem in Angers. "I am in opposition to Angers, need consistency in the territory", note this elected for center-right, already partner Christophe Béchu at the municipal.

In the face, the left is in dispersed order. Encouraged by a score of 16.47 European (15,81 for the Socialists), Europe ecology has chosen to go it alone. Some Greens, including outgoing officials, nevertheless remain on the list of PS of Jacques Auxiette, which brought them to be suspended from the Party of origin. The very controversial project of Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport 20 kilometres north of Nantes, which Christophe Béchu comes, even under condition, its support is the only real stumbling block between green and Socialist. This project, supported by the local PS, including Jean-Marc Ayrault, Mayor of Nantes, is currently a call for applications for the construction and concession. Force the regional majority booster, the Communists are also divided. In Sarthe, Vendée, they chose to join the left while Front in Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire and Mayenne, is joining the Auxiette list which is preferred. Several figures of the party, Gilles Bontemps, elected in charge of transport, leave with the Socialists.

Everything will depend on the second turn, the ability of the Greens and the various currents of left to gather while the choice of the electors of the centre looks decisive. It is therefore before on its balance sheet that the outgoing Chairman, Jacques Auxiette, committed his campaign, rewarding flagship measures such as free textbooks and training health and social, a revival of investment in the rail or plan anticrise voted unanimously in 2009.

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