When he was celebrating the victory in front of his supporters on the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, emotion competed with pride.
Because Carole Delga, the outgoing president of Occitanie, won without trembling this regional ballot, even paying herself the luxury of being at the head of the best re-elected executive in France by approaching 58% of the vote.
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“This victory obliges and honors me, reacted the 49-year-old socialist.
As I always have, whether you voted or not, I will fight for you with ethics, courage and loyalty.
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The RN in sharp decline
The winner is also happy to be the president of a region "which is pushing back the far right".
Because his main challenger, RN Jean-Paul Garraud, whom Marine Le Pen would like to make his Minister of Justice in the event of presidential destiny, by gathering according to initial estimates only 24% of the vote, only improves his score in the first round. two "small" points.
He is 10 points less than Louis Aliot, his party's candidate in 2015.
Aurélien Pradié, the LR deputy from Lot finished third in this triangular at 18.3%.
He concedes that Occitania is "one of the most difficult regions in France for [his] political family", but wants to embody alternation in the long term and takes a date for 2027.
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