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This day when Michel Barnier visited the Quiestède football club

MBut what was he doing in Quiestède? In recent days, an archive photo has emerged on social networks. We recognize the US Quiestède football field with its plaque in honor of Jacques Wimez, a very involved manager. On the right, taller than all the others, it would be the current Prime Minister, Michel Barnier.

And this is what Joël Wimez, president of the group of young footballers from Quiestède, Roquetoire and Ecques, confirms to us. “ It was in 1994, a few weeks after the inauguration of the fieldhe says. Michel Barnier was the guest of the lord of Quiestède, Édouard de Lencquesaing, for the weekend. They visited Quiestède and came to the stadium. »

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At this time, Michel Barnier held the position of Minister of the Environment. Édouard Balladur was then Prime Minister, François Mitterrand President of the Republic. “ It was still an eventremembers Joël Wimez. He was a celebrity who came to Quiestède. »


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