France: Manuel Valls begins an unexpected reconversion in the media
Manuel Valls when he was Prime Minister, at the National Assembly, July 20, 2016. REUTERS / Philippe Wojazer
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Manuel Valls is due to make his debut as a columnist on BFM TV and RMC at the start of the next school year.
The former Prime Minister changes hats and moves from the political section to the media section.
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Manuel Valls never ceases to surprise.
Here he is announced on the BFM television channel and on RMC, the radio of the same group as a political columnist.
On the eve of a year of presidential campaign, the former Prime Minister of François Hollande therefore begins an unexpected reconversion in the media sphere.
After an exile in Spain to try to conquer the city hall of Barcelona which had
ended in failure
and a return to France a few months ago, Manuel Valls thus seems to record his inability to return to the hexagonal political game that he had.
left by resigning
in 2018 from the National Assembly.
Always divisive, the one who was mayor of Évry for many years, had further distinguished himself recently in the regional campaign by calling to vote in Île-de-France for Valérie Pécresse, the right-wing candidate, against the list of left in which participated La France insoumise, the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon with which Manuel Valls is "
irreconcilable
".
Another stance that had earned him many criticisms in his former camp.
From now on, it is with the eye of an observer that he will comment on political life.
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