The massive areas, nationwide political springboard for his or her leaders | EUROtoday

Quietly, they established themselves in nationwide political life. Since the start of the century, the areas have develop into the structuring communities of the nation, passing the 1^er January 2016, ten years in the past, from 22 metropolitan areas to 13. At their head, highly effective barons, a few of whom hope to make their fiefdom a stepping stone for the Elysée.

A political springboard, the area? Several presidents – Xavier Bertrand (Les Républicains, LR), in Hauts-de-France, Valérie Pécresse (LR), in Ile-de-France, or Carole Delga (Socialist Party, PS), in Occitanie – are satisfied of this. This is as a result of the group has acquired its letters of the Aristocracy, a number of of its presidents accessing main roles on the nationwide degree.

In 2002, it was the primary time that one in every of them was appointed to Matignon: Jean-Pierre Raffarin grew to become Jacques Chirac’s third prime minister. “At a time of rejection of Parisianism, the provincial anchoring of the president of the Poitou-Charentes region is an assetthen writes The World. It will allow him, in tune with Chiraquian rhetoric, to defend “France from below” towards the elites. » And to those that doubted his expertise, Jean-Pierre Raffarin replied: “The area is a bit Matignon. »

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