It is still as eloquent and polished as ever, its way of speaking a mixture of extravagance and pedagogy to describe a world that induces anxiety more and more. At 71, Dominique de Vilepin is experienced a second political youth, helped by a rich international news panorama. In recent weeks, the Villepin, author of a trilogy or books about Napoleon, has increased spectacular in the popularity classification. Could you be dreaming of a dazzling victory, an Austerlitz or a Marengo, in the French presidential elections of 2027? From Vilepin, former Prime Minister under Jacques Chirac from 2005 to 2007, has encouraged this flattering idea to bloom. But if there is a place where no one believes in his saber deposit position for Elysée, he is in fact in the political law of France. Except that De Vilpan has never been a member of the Les Republicins Conservation Card (LR).
Out of view, out of mind. “Honestly, nobody tells us about him in the field,” said Vincent Jeanbrun, deputy of the Conservative Party. Less in the context of a campaign for the presidency of the party, with the vote on May 17 and 18. The former diplomat is observing the duel between Bruno Retailleau and Laurent Wauquseze from the side. The two candidates are two reflexes of a right wing that is increasingly obsessed with identity problems and sliding along a Trump path. “In the United States, the battle against identity has become a means of control, and unfortunately we have seen its infection in Europe,” said De Vilpan I monde. “All the rhetoric of the Interior Minister [Bruno Retailleau] It is based on this identity agitation strategy. “
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