The shadow of the presidential election hangs over Marseille.
Emmanuel Macron can defend himself well, his advisers gently assure that the three-day trip of the Head of State in the Phocaean City aims above all to present this great recovery plan for the city, each stage of the presidential trip exudes as a scent of election campaign.
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Meeting with local elected officials, risky trip to the northern districts and visit to a police station on Wednesday;
back to school in a dilapidated school, visit to the Timone hospital and a big speech against the backdrop of the Old Port on Thursday;
sea walk in the creeks and World Congress on Biodiversity on Friday.
All punctuated by walkabouts and selfie sessions with onlookers, strolls and regular addresses to the press to try to put an end to the controversies of the day.
Here a word to defend the Minister of Education, who had assured that some families were using the back-to-school allowance
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