the affected person conquest of Hénin-Beaumont, a Lepénist exception | EUROtoday

The small white plastic picture body is positioned in a nook of the mayor’s workplace, beneath a bust of Jean Jaurès, who witnessed the betrayal of his socialist heirs leaving Hénin-Beaumont (Pas-de-Calais) on the verge of smash, and its restoration by the hated nationalists. In the picture a trio advances whose repeated assaults on the mining city have made it well-known, regardless of its solely 25,000 souls. Bruno Bilde, the advisor, pill beneath his arm, not but bearded or deputy for the neighboring constituency. Steeve Briois, suppressed smile and tight tie, is already carrying the outfit of the councilor he shall be a couple of hours later. In the center, hilarious, Marine Le Pen.

It was three of them who plowed the land of Hénin-Beaumont, three of them who ready to wrest it from the socialist arms, this March 23, 2014, within the first spherical, successful celebrated with champagne in a restaurant beneath police safety. Steeve Briois returned in 2020 with 74.21% of the votes forged, additionally within the first spherical. He is just not apprehensive about March 15, 2026. At the National Rally (RN), Hénin-Beaumont is an exception. The profitable instance – however little replicated – of a neighborhood institution labored from the bottom up and over time, bolstered by the emergence of a nationwide determine.

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