Jean-Christophe Rufin: "Valérie Pécresse has not said her last word"

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Jean-Christophe RUFIN.

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I'm more in the center left, but, being of de Gaulle descent, I recognize myself in the movement that she embodies.

I have known her since she was Minister of Higher Education.

I may also be committing myself because the other intellectuals seem to me to be not very present in this campaign, no doubt because of the sinking of the left.

That's a shame.

Having always been very afraid of extremes, I see only two candidates in the Republican space: the president

and Valérie Pécresse, two different personalities beyond the programs.

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What are these differences?

I see three dimensions in Valérie Pécresse: competence - she has as many as Emmanuel Macron -, sensitivity and firmness.

Locally elected, she will be much more in tune with the French, while I am very worried about how the current president would be tolerated by public opinion if he had to do…

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