Dominique de Villepin told Mediapart that France is “up against the wall” and that he wants to be “at the forefront” of the fight that awaits the country.
Is a new candidate for the presidential election emerging? At 71, Dominique de Villepin wants to be “at the forefront” to lead “the fight”. Asked by Mediapart about the role he intends to play in the next presidential election, he said that “we are facing a historic shock which has very few precedents.” And added: “I cannot not participate in this fight. I cannot not be at the forefront.”
According to this former Prime Minister, “we are up against the wall”. Which justifies his return to politics. He criticizes the governance of the president, responsible for the “French misfortune”. “Today, democracy is happening without citizens and is even happening against citizens. The tragedy of Emmanuel Macron is that he believed he could govern against the French,” believes the former Minister of Foreign Affairs. .
-But he does not declare himself a presidential candidate. “The issue is not whether in the end you are a candidate for an election,” he temporizes. “The challenge is to know if your words, at a given moment, can lead the political debate to evolve, lead the political scene to evolve, lead citizens to look differently at political actors.”
A month ago, Dominique de Villepin had already made vague remarks about his possible presidential ambitions, speaking to France 5. “Today, it is our country that is in question. We cannot be thrifty, nor of his time, nor of his energy, nor of his ideas, I am leading the fight for what I believe to be a French compass, a French requirement. We will see, at the time of the meetings, who and how. -he expressed.
