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The mayor (various right) of Versailles, François de Mazières, in Versailles, February 5, 2026.

An emblematic place of Versailles life each Sunday morning, the Notre-Dame market has the air of a mousetrap throughout election intervals. It’s tough to keep away from the leaflets of the candidates for mayor of Versailles. Their ballet lasts only some hours, a adequate period of time to occupy the house, each bodily and politically. At the chance, maybe, of saturating it. Once the stalls have been tidied up, visitors will resume its rights at this strategic intersection. ” Waiting for, slips a candidate’s running mate, priority on the right. » But which one?

Between measured conservatism and identity temptations, the Yvelines prefecture, 84,000 inhabitants, is an observatory illuminating the recompositions underway on the right. For many, however, it is the moderate right which should once again win in the municipal elections. Elected for the first time in 2008, the outgoing mayor (various right), François de Mazières, is seeking a fourth term and benefits from a solid base after his re-election in the first round in 2014 and then in 2020, with respectively 55.03% and 63.11% of the votes. “I have no doubt about the outcome of the fight, he will be re-elected triumphantly”predicts the president of the department, Pierre Bédier (ex-Les Républicains).

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