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The president of Hauts-de-France launched his new movement on Saturday in Saint-Quentin. On the sidelines of LR, which he had nevertheless joined after his defeat in the primary.
By Jacques Paugam
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To comfortable, Xavier Bertrand insists, all smiles. “There are more of them than we had initially expected,” he repeats, as if cheered up in front of the press and some of his supporters. About 1,200 people according to the organizers, rather 900 according to a guest, and for some busy crowding on the ground floor of a pretty establishment in the city center of Saint-Quentin (Hauts-de-France). Upstairs, converted into a living room, the former minister of Nicolas Sarkozy, seated in front of a tray of pizzas, savors – without touching it – this return to school. His comeback.
It is an exercise in style so mastered that it recalls others. The launch of a new political party – sorry, movement – to give voice again, to hear the French people again, frustrated with their leaders. Sat…
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