It's the first time he's tried his hand at exercise.
At the Château les Pins wine estate, in the commune of the Perpignan crown of Baixas, Louis Aliot will launch his political comeback on Saturday.
The stakes are high: next November, the members of the National Rally (RN) will elect the successor to Marine Le Pen at the head of the party.
The mayor of Perpignan is running against Euro MP Jordan Bardella, who currently holds the interim presidency.
Saturday, Louis Aliot brings together his supporters on his land: 300 people are expected, assures his entourage, for the upcoming campaign.
“We will be in the middle of the vineyards”
, enthuses the faithful of Marine Le Pen, more at ease in Perpignan lands than in the whirlwind of Paris.
“When you have a southern accent, you're not taken seriously in Paris,”
he breathes.
So over time, the powerful RN mayor has made rurality his trademark.
“I was already defending it in 2004 for the regional elections of Midi-Pyrénées…
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