After his diplomatic tour in Kiev and Moscow, the president spent the day Saturday in Tulle for a movement that looks like a campaign tour.
From our special correspondent in Tulle
Freestyle Grand gap. On the one hand, Ukraine and the risk of war at the gates of Europe. On the other Corrèze and the outlook for the PS to lose the general council. In between, Francois Hollande. After two nights of talks in Kiev, Petro Poroshenko and Moscow, Vladimir Putin, to try to find a solution to the Ukrainian conflict, the president spent the day Saturday in Tulle, Correze his former stronghold in the skin of a local politician in an election tour. Laying the foundation stone of a cinema, opening of a motorway section, opening of the renovated hall of Masseret … Even the mayor of the small town joked welcoming the Head of State. “It is a great honor you do us Mr. President. ! After Kiev after Moscow Masseret “
An adviser Francois Hollande explains:” It’s good to have the solemnity, height or even being weightless. But it is also essential to keep in touch with his roots, to keep the proximity. ” François Hollande seemed still far from the international scene. “That’s politics, he explained on Saturday morning on the plane that took him to Tulle. Skip Life everyday international issue. ” It has also not failed to do on Saturday.
In a heated tent, a small breeze-blocks waiting on a platform the gavel of the President of the Republic. It is the symbolic laying of the foundation stone of the Grand Palace, the new cinema comfort of Tulle. Time for a little speech about cinema in general, “it is a room meetings, joys, tears,” and on French cinema in particular “culture, it’s part of the influence of France” and that Hollande armed with his little hammer that hits the cinderblock. The first stone was laid and Tullistes happy.
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As emphasized François Hollande, “the cinema is one of the essential equipment, with theater and music.” Particularly essential to remember the good memories of voters.
Applause, walkabout, hands tightening. Then very quickly, Ukraine again. Fresh out of the tent, Hollande improvises a press conference to present the conclusions of his diplomatic tour. “I think this is one of the last chances, he said. If we do not succeed in finding a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly the scenario: it has a name, it is called the war “. It’s time to leave.
Francois Hollande will inaugurate a section of motorway, the one who completes the A89, known in his time “Highway of Presidents” because it passes through the districts of Valery Giscard d’Estaing and Jacques Chirac . “I do not know if it was waiting for me,” he jokes under the big tent set up on the edge of the new section by VINCI Autoroutes. Again, it delivers a speech. Again, it remembers the good memories of voters. “On a 500 km highway, 4.7 km is nothing, but at the same time that’s all,” he says. This simplifies the lives of motorists, shortened their routes, secures their movements. This also counts when it comes to vote.
Now, in less than two months, the PS is in danger of losing the General Council of Corrèze, one Francois Hollande won in 2011. It was on this win he then built the legitimacy of a candidate for the Socialist primary. If defeated, he promised to give up. Four years later, losing this department would also be symbolic for him. “It is a department which I am particularly attached recognizes Francois Hollande. But this move was planned long ago. I had to pass messages to the motorway companies on the countryside, culture … This speech, I could have taken elsewhere. ” Nevertheless, losing the Corrèze would still be an ambush. Just as in any other measure failed in its attempt to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.
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