When Bruno Retailleau was Philippe de Villiers’ loyal quantity two on the final council of Vendée, within the years 1990-2000, this son of a grain dealer served as a privileged interlocutor for native entrepreneurs. So, on the time of unveiling to the press its financial program, entitled “Winning work”, Wednesday January 7, the president of the Les Républicains (LR) social gathering cites his division for instance (“the one with the greatest number of businesses per capita”) and recollects his style for the fabric. “Those who know me from before the ministry know that economics remains my mother tongue”he says.
This ministry is that of the Interior, left with loss and noise on October 12, 2025, after a 12 months of occupying the house of the combat towards insecurity, immigration or communitarianism. If his passage by means of Beauvau propelled the sixty-year-old right into a late political phenomenon, it additionally locked him into this regal house.
“He has real convictions about the economy, but it was not easy to express them from Beauvau”concedes considered one of his shut buddies, Othman Nasrou, secretary common of LR. Express them earlier than sporting them? In his entourage, the query is now not if, however when the senator will announce his candidacy for the presidential election of 2027. Some shut buddies are urging him to launch earlier than the municipal elections, in March.
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