France: the youngest of the Senate Rémi Cardon takes his first steps
A general view of the Senate meeting room in Paris where Rémi Cardon, the youngest senator takes his first steps on October 1, 2020 (illustrative image).
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It is a Senate renewed by half which returns on Thursday.
On the menu for the session: the election of the president of the chamber.
A priori, no suspense, the LR Gérard Larcher should remain in charge.
On the other hand, all eyes will be on a new kid, the socialist Rémi Cardon, elected last Sunday.
Only 26 years old, he becomes the youngest senator in French political history, in a chamber where the average age exceeds 60 years.
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With his small suitcase in hand, Rémi Cardon takes his first steps in the Luxembourg Palace alongside a regular, the socialist Jean-Pierre Sueur, 73, delighted that the youngest is from the ranks of his party ...
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