Dominique de Villepin, the overtaking from the right

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He wants it, he no longer hides, he is on all the sets to provoke this famous click, this "what if it was him?" Him, who? Who is this tall, beanpole with the silver mane to make credible and even desirable, in enough voters' heads, the possibility of a Dominique de Villepin presidency?

Let us first note that Villepin's proposal has many points in common with that of Emmanuel Macron in 2016. Dominique de Villepin, like the current president, is one of those political figures who intend, not to represent the