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The Minister of National Education would consider running in the 3rd district of Yvelines. A choice that irritates the current MP but also part of the LREM group in the Assembly.
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In 2022, Jean-Michel Blanquer has set an ambitious goal: to become a deputy of the nation. Not crazy, the current Minister of National Education wants to put all the chances on his side and therefore wishes to present himself in a constituency a priori easily won. He therefore set his sights on the 3rd circo des Yvelines, won in 2017 by walker Béatrice Piron with 59% of the vote. But the behavior of Blanquer, who put Piron in front of the fait accompli, annoys within LREM. “It annoys me, mocks a walking deputy from Ile-de-France, who notes that we have rarely seen Blanquer in the Yvelines for five years. He does like the old LRs, he plays a winner. But it is all the more shameful that two constituencies of Yvelines are freed. In fact, the deputies Florence Granjus (LREM) and Michèle de Vaucouleurs (MoDem) should not represent themselves.
For his part, Piron learned of Blanquer’s inclinations from the latter’s mouth. Very classy, he explained to the elected official whose place he wants to steal that he did not want her as a substitute. “I have seen many…