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POLITICS – It’s not a surprise. François Hollande, who enjoys strong popularity in Corrèze, a territory where he was elected for a long time, came out on top in the first round of the legislative elections in the first constituency. He won 37.7% of the vote, according to partial results on the essentials.
RN candidate Maïtey Pouget and LR candidate Francis Dubois arrive behind him. It is therefore a triangular situation which looms in the second round, unless the LR candidate decides to withdraw in order to block the far right.
This return attempt, announced on the Saturday following the dissolution, takes place in the constituency where the former President of the Republic was elected for nearly 20 years until his arrival at the Élysée in 2012. It has been since the town of Tulle that he had learned of his victory over Nicolas Sarkozy in the presidential election. Accelerated by these anticipated legislative elections, this return did not come out of nowhere.
Prevented by his record from running again in 2017, François Hollande has never left the political scene. In 2022, he tried in vain to influence the campaign. To say today that he is not thinking about 2027 would be wrong and a return to the National Assembly will make him a leading figure again.
He is not the first former president to attempt such a bet. If Nicolas Sarkozy returned in 2014 via the UMP then Les Républicains (until his defeat in the 2016 primary), Valéry Giscard d’Estaing also became a deputy again. It was in 1993 (and until 2022), i.e. 12 years after his departure from the Élysée. Exactly like François Hollande.
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