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Interior Minister Retailleau launches leadership bid for Les Républicains party

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau launched his bid for the presidency of the centre-right Les Républicains (LR), at the risk of rekindling a ‘war of the chiefs’ on the right with incumbent LR leader Laurent Wauquiez AFP - LOIC VENANCE

Bruno Retailleau’s bid for the leadership of Les Républicains has sparked a backlash from party president Laurent Wauquiez setting the stage for a high-stakes battle on France's conservative right.

France's Minister of the Intertior, Bruno Retailleau, has officially thrown his hat into the ring for the presidency of Les Républicans (LR) party – aiming to follow in the footsteps of Nicolas Sarkozy, who used the same strategy to secure the French presidency in 2007.

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