Posted on May 05, 2025 at 07:15. / Modified on May 05, 2025 at 07:17.
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Lausanne, Bern and a little Zurich. The life of Benoît Gaillard is punctuated by his movements in these three cities. His activities at the Swiss union union regularly prevails far from the Vaudoise capital, his city. It is therefore quite natural that he gives an appointment on the train between Lausanne and Bern to evoke his arrival under the dome. He will take an oath this Monday, look at the fresco representing the cradle of the Confederation in the National Council hall.
An emotional moment for the 39 -year -old Vaudois, who entered politics at 20 to “have impact”. During the last federal elections, he had narrowly missed the National Marche. Disappointment. But in the fall of 2023, it was not this failure that affects it and upsets it the most. Her mother, Nicole Gaillard, died that year. The politician evokes this painful episode with modesty and the eyes in the vague. The train has reached the washing. He looks at the landscape, thoughtful. And resumes: “I had a normal childhood in an environment very marked by work. My mom worked a lot. She was a committed teacher, author of teaching methods still used today. My father, Michel Zendali, had a passion job: journalism. I remember, child, Sunday morning expeditions to pick up the Sunday at the station and the evenings to watch the TJ. ”
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