The transfer window continues in view of the European elections.
After the recruitment of Fabrice Leggeri, the former boss of Frontex (European agency responsible for border control), the National Rally (RN) continues to make its market.
According to our information, the former French ambassador to Algeria, Xavier Driencourt, has in recent weeks been approached by several Lepénist executives with a view to joining the RN for its European campaign.
“We met him to find out if he was tempted by the adventure but he did not follow through
,” informs an elected official from the RN.
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“I told them that to enter active politics, you need qualities that I don't have,”
confirms Xavier Driencourt to Le Figaro, who adds, with a smile, that
“you don't enter the political world at 69 years old
.
The former ambassador, who joined the
“strategic committee”
of the media Livre noir in 2023, has written several books on the diplomatic relationship with Algeria and pleads in particular for France to hand over…
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