The Puy-en-Velay prefecture has only discreet traces of the fire. Some breeze blocks still condemn a window and molten plastic lies in front of the gates of the imposing downtown building. The spectacular assault on the building on December 1, 2018, after a gathering of "yellow vests" , had transformed the fiefdom of Laurent Wauquiez into the capital of protest. The visit of the President of the Republic, three days later, had just as marked the spirits.
Under the boos, demonstrators running after his convoy, Emmanuel Macron had left the city without lingering. Commentators had dissertated on the landlockedness of the capital of Haute-Loire to explain the importance of mobilization in this city of 20,000 inhabitants.
"Narcissistic injuries"
If the "yellow vests" still participate in the mobilizations against the pension reform, they did not form a full list for the municipal elections. Only three lists compete for the town hall:
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