Behind the bar, Philippe Poutou makes coffees for his running mats. " It's not Nicolas Florian or Thomas Cazenave who would do that," he says aloud, laughing. In the bar where he gathers his team, or in the field, he imposes himself as the emblematic leader, with sympathy capital well installed, especially since the televised debates between the presidential candidates of 2012.
In Bordeaux even more, everyone knows him, because of his union fight against the closure of the Ford factory in Blanquefort, a few kilometers from the Bordeaux metropolis. In this municipal election, he appreciates the "collective aspect , the gang of thugs" , he quips.
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Behind his name and on the “Bordeaux in struggles” list, he was able to unite several currents of the “radical and anti-capitalist” left , such as the NPA, La France insoumise, “yellow vests”, union activists or collectives against the police violence… This was not an easy task: “We have a lot of habits
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