He is not from here and some want to remind him.
This morning, while the local elected officials come to inaugurate the traditional fair of Chalon-sur-Saône, we exchange a courteous smile and a frank handshake.
Photo time, only, before everyone returns to their quarters.
On one side, the deputy Renaissance Louis Margueritte.
On the other, Gilles Platret.
At the start of the legislative campaign, the first suffered from the image of the parachuted candidate, a senior civil servant from Bercy, invested by the President of the Republic himself.
The second has been mayor of Chalon since 2014 and president of the Republicans in Saône-et-Loire.
On paper, there is no doubt: it is he who should have faced the candidate of Emmanuel Macron.
The polls decided otherwise: eliminated in the first round,
Gilles Platret watches his opponent win the second round against a candidate from Nupes.
The surprise is total, the mayors of the surroundings cannot believe it: the “parachuted” has…
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