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In the countryside 845 kilometers from Strasbourg, Valérie Pécresse did not take the time to listen to Emmanuel Macron's European speech on Wednesday. At the same time, the right-wing presidential candidate had other, more rural priorities. She found herself in the Lot, on the lands of deputy Aurélien Pradié, who is also one of her spokespersons. On the spot, she exchanges with young apprentices at the training center in Cahors, gives a few selfies to the curious, wanders through the aisles of the halls with a croustillote (sourdough bread) under her arm.
In the crush, a German pensioner from Düsseldorf tries to take a picture.
“Women are more balanced than men
,” says the foreigner who has become a winegrower.
He cannot vote in France but he wonders how the candidate, who reminds him of the
"good Merkel experience"
, could gain points in the polls and have a chance to compete with Emmanuel Macron.
A little further on, she...
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