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Municipal: in Biarritz, the right in a position to prevail

2020-06-18T19:03:10.127Z


Maïder Arostéguy, the candidate from the right and from the center who arrived at the top of the first round, claims a gathering list, with personalities of all stripes, but assumes a program "with markers from the right".


In Bordeaux,

A few months ago, government ministers crowded in Biarritz, one as the head of the list, the other as a "guest-star"from the outgoing list. And today, LREM doesn't even have a candidate running. In Biarritz, local politics often offers twists and turns. The latest in this hectic municipal campaign: the withdrawal in early June of the candidacy of outgoing mayor Michel Veunac, who came in fifth position in the first round, with only 12.22% of the votes cast. Without explanation or comment, his press release suggests that the centrist candidate hoped for much better, and found his delay difficult to catch up.

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Although weakened by dissension in his municipal team, he had embarked on the confident race, after a rather successful G7, and claiming "the support of the president" . But last December, the ministers' "affair" had caused a stir: the Minister of Agriculture Didier Guillaume had

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Source: lefigaro

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