he told me about what richard for around had to say -- richard ferrand had to say today. >> this morningn the radio he said there is nothing illegal, i am not a liar, i will not resign because others are calling for my head. attended the weekly cabinet meeting. with them come out minister minister who is also from brittany. to show that he is not alone and he is asked by the prime heard in this report. the pressure keeps piling up because we are seeing reports. there is nothing illegal, it seems. there are clear questions about whether his companions, his ex-wives, his children benefited from his management in this private insurance company and if there are more reports the pressure could become unbearable and he could either resign himself or be forced to resign by the prime minister and more importantly by the president. really a key lieutenant for emmanuel macron. ofwas the secretary-general his movement. he played a key role in deciding who would run in the forthcoming parliamentary election. this is why it's a difficult decision that emmanuel macron will have to make soon. genie: it

richard ferrand, secretary general of the party was speaking earlier.ndidates come from the entire republican political spectrum which reflects the political landscape that the president wants to hold for the country. regarding the parity, 214 candidates are women, 214 are men. 428 candidates are included in the list provided to you. i have been speaking about mr macron and his mission to reshape french politics. most of the candidates are com plete politics. most of the candidates are complete unknowns. half of them are women. that is very important in a country where only one in four mps are women. it is a very male dominated world. there are retired people, lawyers. a farmer. a famous mathematician. a broad spectrum. there are also some outgoing mps. mathematician. a broad spectrum. there are also some outgoing mp5. 24 of them. they are all from the socialist party. it has a strength. it is wide open. in terms of opening to all sides of the political spectrum, it is only to the left at the moment. this party has not been around for very long at all.