2024 - François Hollande: this well-felt tackle that he launched at Manuel Valls

In the columns of L’Express, Thursday June 9, 2022, François Hollande did not hesitate to attack Manuel Valls who was eliminated in the first round of the legislative elections, when he was invested in the 5th constituency of the French from abroad.

Another failure for Manuel Valls. Sunday June 5, 2022, the former minister was eliminated in the first round of the legislative elections when he had been invested in the 5th constituency of French people living abroad. This new defeat was not a surprise for Francois Hollande. In the columns of The ExpressThursday, June 9, 2022, the former President of the Republic felt that he thought it was “sad to end like this“, referring to Manul Valls.”Is it because of him and a kind of stubbornness or is it a pitfall that was made for him? Why do you want to be a deputy when you are a columnist on BFM?“, dropped the 67-year-old socialist.

As a reminder, this is not the first time that Manuel Valls has faced failure. In 2019, he tried the municipal adventure in Barcelona, Spain. After having occupied the post of Prime Minister in France, he had wanted to start from scratch in the Catalan city, of which he is a native. In 2017, he had failed in the second round of the French socialist primary. When he made the decision not to support his primary opponent, Benoît Hamon, for the 2017 presidential election, he was expelled from the socialist party.

Manuel Valls did not receive the support of François Hollande

Since returning to France, Manuel Valls had tried everything to join the ranks of the party launched by Emmanuel Macron. Even though he announced his retirement from politics in 2018, the politician ultimately never managed to turn the page and remains passionate about politics.

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Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls
François Hollande and Manuel Valls at the Elysée.

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Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls
François Hollande and Manuel Valls worked together for many months.

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Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls
François Hollande and Manuel Valls during a Council of Ministers.

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Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls
François Hollande and Manuel Valls are no longer close.

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Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls
François Hollande and Manuel Valls during the parade of July 14 (national holiday), place de la Concorde, in Paris, July 14, 2016.

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Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls
Manuel Valls and was François Hollande’s Prime Minister.

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Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls
François Hollande and Manuel Valls on the occasion of the Democracy in the face of terrorism colloquium.

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Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls
Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls during the commemoration ceremony of the 98th anniversary of the armistice of the First World War at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on November 11, 2016.