LE FIGARO INFO – The former prime minister had already sat on the benches of the presidential majority, before losing the municipal elections in Barcelona.
He is back in politics. And he is again targeting the National Assembly. Former Prime Minister Manuel Valls must be invested candidate of the presidential majority, for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19, learned Le Figaro Tuesday from concordant sources.
After Essonne, which he made his stronghold for more than twenty years, the leaders of La République en Marche (LREM) want to assign him the fifth constituency of French people living abroad, which covers Monaco, Andorra, Portugal and l Spain, his native country. His inauguration must be formalized by the end of the week.
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At the direction of LREM, a manager welcomes the choice of a man “very competent”, “identified representative of the centre-left”. His firm positions on secularism, like his battle against “Islamo-leftism”, however, bother some of the Walkers. On the evening of Emmanuel Macron’s re-election against Marine Le Pen, on April 24, some were annoyed to see him in the front row of supporters…
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