In a Polished Breton political landscape, the LRM deputy and first quaestor of the National Assembly is distinguished by his outspokenness deemed out of his opponents. The re -election of this relative of Richard Ferrand promises to be uncertain.
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Attacks in a Rennes restaurant where he has his habits, Florian Bachelier takes a few seconds to search the memories of his five years of deputy (La République en Marche, LRM) and first quaestor of the National Assembly. Elected, in 2017, in the 8 e district of Ille-et-Vilaine, the 43-year-old parliamentarian does not express any regret: “The last voter that I refuse to disappoint is me -Mend. I am entitled in my boots and will not get me problems a few weeks from a ballot. “On June 12 and 19, the Rennes deputy claimed to his succession, which promises to be very uncertain. In the first round of the presidential election, the voters of his constituency preferred the left forces now gathered within the new Ecological and Social People’s People’s Union (Nuts) (46 %) to Emmanuel Macron (32 %).
Florian Bachelier counts on his notoriety to reverse the trend in legislative elections. Over the mandate, this business lawyer became known by his numerous interventions decided on the continuous information chains. The Rennais likes to say that he appears in the “Grenadiers team” of the presidential majority. In the Breton capital, the deputy attacked all rounds. Socialists who direct the majority of Breton communities? “Apparatchiks”. Elected officials from Europe Ecologie-les Verts (EELV)? Activists with “far -right methods”. Florian Bachelier thus cultivates the enmities as no other Breton deputy. He shruels his shoulders: “I assume that I have turned up some careers of income from politics. When I am in the field, I am not told about my reputation, but of health, education, security …”
As the legislative election is approaching, the parliamentarian claims to be “elected field”, capable of challenging the cabinet of the Head of State, but also those of his ministers. Florian Bachelier adapted his campaign strategy to that of the Nutples. The parliamentarian hoped to scrap against Ulysse Rabaté, a Parisian teacher whose parachuting was expected to defend the interests of rebellious France (LFI). In vain. The deputy then feared the nomination of Gaëlle Rougier, an assistant (EELV) to the mayor (Socialist Party, PS) of Rennes, before being surprised by that of a vintage socialist, Mickaël Bouloux.
“filled blows”
The consensual profile of this engineer and mayor of the RHEU, a commune of the constituency, complicates the maneuvers of Florian Bachelier. Especially since Mickaël Bouloux assumes having been tempted by the Macron vote: “Like many, I wanted to believe it, but I quickly came back. Despite differences marked with the program of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, I want to become The deputy of the Union of the left and be a relay on which the territory will finally be able to count. “An emergency, according to Matthieu Theurier, vice-president (EELV) of Rennes Métropole, in charge of transport. The councilor denounces the “filled shots” of Florian Bachelier to stop the local files, such as that of the new university hospital center or the integrated security contract. The deputy denies. “In Brittany, elected officials know how to put aside their political differences to speak with one voice when it comes to defending the structuring projects of the territory with the State. I found that Mr. Bachelier had decided to Break with this tradition “, criticizes Nathalie Appéré (PS), mayor of Rennes, who dominated, during the 2020 municipal election, Carole Gandon, head of the LRM list and companion of Florian Bachelier.
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