In a campaign, the question of the tempo is decisive.
"I start at full speed, and I accelerate afterwards"
, said Nicolas Sarkozy on the cusp of his victorious march of 2007. Suffice to say that he had not left the possibility to anyone either to catch up with him, or even to enter. in the race.
The contenders for 2022 are of course not in the same situation, but the pace is also a weapon.
Or a trap.
Xavier Bertrand left the first by officially declaring himself a candidate, in
Le Point
, on April 25.
Making the risky bet to embark on the race for the Élysée Palace even before being re-elected at the head of his Hauts-de-France region.
Even linking the two ballots.
His score validated his approach.
Laurent Wauquiez and Valérie Pécresse made the opposite choice and preferred to play one hurdle after another.
The regional first, the presidential after.
To them too, the verdict of the ballot box proved right.
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But, contrary to what one could imagine, neither the president of Île-de-France nor the president
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