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“He gave up nothing”: the intact ambitions of Xavier Bertrand

2022-05-24T18:35:45.600Z


STORY – The president of the Hauts-de-France region quickly recovered from his failure in the Republican primary. Omnipresent in the legislative campaign, he is already preparing his national future.


On this day in May, Xavier Bertrand enjoys a pâté en croute in a restaurant in Vœgtlinshoffen, in the Haut-Rhin.

Around him, Jacques Cattin, one of the LR deputies of the department, several local elected officials and some inhabitants of the surroundings, sip a glass of white wine.

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The president of the Hauts-de-France region, who has come today to officially support his parliamentary friend for the legislative elections, is, as in many of his trips, at the center of attention.

We ask him about the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, the union of the left, purchasing power, local issues... He too questions a lot and takes notes at each of the interventions of his interlocutors.

"What if it had been you?"

While the rest of the meal - a revisited sauerkraut - is served, one of the guests decides to put his foot in the dish.

“What a pity for you”

, he slips to him with a sorry air, referring to his defeat during the congress of the right having prevented him from being a candidate for the election…

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Source: lefigaro

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