Cédric Villani is formal: there is no question of going back. Wednesday night, he will be at the Trianon, in the 18th arrondissement, for a big campaign meeting. Despite the transport strike and demonstrations, the municipal race continues in Paris. If Benjamin Griveaux, the official candidate of LREM, still had hope to see him give up, his competitor appears more determined than ever.
"Indécrochable"
The "macronie" is no longer an illusion. "The merger Villani-Griveaux is moving away every day a little more," laments a pillar of the majority. "Villani is undeniable," says a minister. And it is not polls, less flattering than at the beginning of the campaign, that could push the candidate to give up. "The captain of a boat is not discouraged by bad weather," he says.
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His relatives are convinced, Cédric Villani will know a rebound by the end of the year, or early January. Walkers will have to get used to having two candidates on the starting line. A frame grieves: "Starting out divided, it will be hard to win."