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Laurent Wauquiez, a quiet return but ambitions intact

2022-05-19T18:10:17.035Z


STORY - After several years of field work, far from the national political scene, everything pushes him to come back to the fore.


Handshakes, hugs, warm smiles, dozens of selfies… This Wednesday, in Nîmes, in front of the permanence of the LR federation of Gard, Laurent Wauquiez takes the time to greet each of the activists present, under an implacable sun.

"We're counting on you"

, slips one of them.

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“We need you

,” implores another.

"Why didn't you go there?"

, questions a third, in reference to the presidential election of 2022.

"It would not have been a good idea"

, answers him the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, who has come today to support all the candidates. LR of the department for the legislative elections.

"Don't worry, we're going to put everything back together, redo everything

," he assures the others - many - who ask him about his political future.

Laurent Wauquiez has many qualities, the experience of several ministries, that of having been elected and re-elected in his region.

He has a sense of proximity, easy contact, he ticks all the boxes

Christian Jacob, president of LR

Will he be a candidate to take over from Christian Jacob at the head of the Republicans next September?

Will he take the lead on the right with a view to 2027?

These questions, everyone asks him lately…

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Source: lefigaro

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