INTERVIEW
In 2017, he had chosen to withdraw from national politics and the party Republicans (LR). "I did my time," said Baroin two years ago, almost to the day. Last month, the elected LR has yet reinstated the party, now chaired by Christian Jacob, joining his strategic committee.
"I do not have politics in my blood"
"I started politics very young," said the former Minister of Economy at the microphone of L'Equipée sauvage , on Europe 1, to justify his choice of the time. "I wanted to see other people," adds the one who has just published a book, A sentimental story , a eulogy of a Republic of mayors and small municipalities.
A journalist on Europe 1 in his early days, François Baroin started his political career in 1989. Since his distance from the Republicans in 2017, he became a lawyer, while remaining Mayor of Troyes and President of the AMF, the Association des mayors of France, mission he ensures since 2014. "I do not have that politics in the blood," he says. "I love other subjects too."
"There are many who speak for me"
Yet, not easy to definitely turn the page of the political world. After his return noticed in the organization chart of the Republicans, many now see in François Baroin the ideal candidate of the right for the presidential election of 2022. "There are many who speak for me ( about the presidential, ed ) but it's such a personal decision that only binds the person who takes it, "he says. "I know that in the end, when I count the points for my retirement, I will not have missed my life if I'm not President of the Republic," he concludes.