If the decision of a candidacy in Hauts-de-France during the regional has not yet been officially announced, Eric Dupond-Moretti is in any case actively preparing his landing.
According to our information, it is his former chief of staff, Jean Gaborit, who is in the process of building his campaign team.
He is currently approaching Walkers who have experience of elections to come and support the Keeper of the Seals in this adventure.
The young man is not a novice in the matter.
Former socialist in charge of events operations at the PS, then an active member of Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign in 2017, during which he took care of meetings, he then worked at the Elysee Palace as deputy to the chief of staff of the President, responsible in particular for "reserved matters".
In this post, he replaced Alexandre Benalla after his eventful departure from the palace.
Staying four months in the chancellery as Éric Dupond-Moretti's chief of staff, Jean Gaborit then went into the private sector, at CMA CGM.
A position he had left recently.
"They had separated on good terms with Dupond-Moretti and he was impatient to resume politics," slips one of his acquaintances.