“
You are the city of the heart of the President of the Republic!
“, Launched Saturday in Marseille the spokesman of the government, Gabriel Attal, during a campaign meeting without the head of state, candidate for his re-election but retained by the international news.
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“
Nothing is played, nothing is done.
The worst thing would be to think it's over.
We need a very broad mobilization around the President of the Republic, we have to go to tow, to campaign
, ”urged Gabriel Attal, applauded by around 500 people plunged into the darkness of a concert hall in the “
Docks des suds
”.
“
And one, and two, and five more years
,” chanted the activists at the start of the meeting, upon the arrival of Gabriel Attal and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
Among the participants were many local elected officials and in particular the president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Renaud Muselier, who left Les Républicains to support Emmanuel Macron, as did the mayor of Toulon, Hubert Falco, seated at his sides, or even the LR president of Bouches-du-Rhône Martine Vassal.
Renewed interest since the conflict in Ukraine
On the stage, the regional councilor Sabrina Roubache-Agresti paid tribute to the "
Walkers of the first hour
": "
Six years ago, we believed in it, and six years later, we ask for five more years with the values that he had infused at the start, benevolence
, ”she said to the assembly.
“
Emmanuel Macron, I have supported him since 2016, 2017, and I like his style as a young president, it feels good in France
”, testified to AFP Didier Desgrois, 67, retired from national education .
"
He had a difficult five-year term and I support him again
", continues this activist, who had an experience in the Socialist Party of Bouches-du-Rhône which "
did not enchant him
": "
I am from the center left, but together we can do something, bring down the traditional parties
”, insisted this former school principal.
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Held back by the war in Ukraine, as he himself explained in a 22-minute video broadcast for the first time in public and called to be screened in several regional meetings, Emmanuel Macron has experienced renewed interest since the conflict, noted Marie-Florence Bulteau-Rambaud, elected Modem to the region.
"
It's incredible, even people who were indifferent before talk about him and trust him by saying that he is the right person to manage this crisis
", assured this elected official.
If the candidate was therefore absent, his virtual presence, via this video, was greeted with cries of “
Macron president!
from a conquered crowd.