While he himself had risked dissolve the National AssemblyEmmanuel Macron’s awakening must have been difficult this Monday, July 1st, after the results of the first round of the legislative electionsThe French have indeed expressed a certain weariness by voting in the majority for the National Rally and the New Popular Front. This unpopularity must undoubtedly delight one of his old school friendsalso a politician, whose ideology has always been opposed to that of the head of state.
Politicians often come from different backgrounds and their the course of life can largely determine the causes they will defend once they come to power. However, Emmanuel Macron began his career studying at the same high school in Amiens, La Providencethat one of his
political opponents.
Emmanuel Macron and a left-wing MP studied at the same high school in Amiens
The latter, labeled on the left, keeps a bad memory of his friend Emmanuel. Besides, he would never have bet a penny on him becoming President of the Republic one day. The man describes the husband of Brigitte Macron (met in the same high school) as
« vide » and even «
of imposture ».
These harsh words are those of François Ruffina member of parliament for La France Insoumise. The latter has in fact written a book with Emmanuel Macron as its main subject. This
unofficial biography with an evocative title
This country you don’t knowpublished in 2019, aimed to reveal the true face of the tenant of the Élysée.
Photo credit: BFMTV Despite their shared educational background, François Ruffin and Emmanuel Macron have completely opposite backgrounds.
François Ruffin has always been in opposition to Brigitte Macron’s husband: “I no longer want you as president…”
“Alone on the platform (…), you embodied death and I thought “President, it’s a curse“. I don’t want you as president anymore, that’s obvious. But I don’t want a president anymore in short, no more president-sun, star around which life revolves”wrote François Ruffin about an intervention by President Macron.
This book, the left-wing MP considers it as “a boxer’s hook”. “This country that you do not know is a moral uppercut that will, I hope, reach the President. Welcome to France Mr Macron !
»he said on X for the release of son
pamphlet.
François Ruffin eliminates the candidate of Emmanuel Macron’s party in the first constituency of the Somme
This rivalry dating back many years never found a conclusion. A few months before the European elections,
François Ruffin had once again shown himself to be hostile by stating during an interview at Monde : “This man, Macron, who decides alone, for all of France, is no longer tolerable. I can not stand him anymore ».
photo credit: BFMTV François Ruffin has always made very harsh remarks towards Emmanuel Macron.
Anyway, despite the bitter defeat
of his old enemy, François Ruffin also faces his
political destiny in these legislative elections. Beaten by 18 points this Sunday by the RN candidate,
Nathalie Ribeiro-Billetthe 48-year-old candidate will have a lot to do next Sunday to keep his place at the end of the second round. Albane Branlantfrom the presidential party Ensemblehas already announced his withdrawal in favor of the representative of the New Popular Front.
