Traveling to the Landes this Friday, Jean Lassalle took the opportunity to launch his campaign for his second presidential election.
In 2017, it had achieved 1.2%.
This year, he wants to believe that “in this funny period, we are not immune to a surprise.
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Hard to miss Jean Lassalle.
From the top of his meter ninety, his head clearly exceeds the rays.
Above all, his rocky accent of the Pyrenees resonates in the aisles of the Grand Moun shopping center, in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont in the suburb of Mont-de-Marsan (Landes), not very busy at the end of the morning.
It is here, at the Leclerc cultural space, that Jean Lassalle launched, more or less officially, his campaign for the presidential election this Friday.
“People recognize me by my voice, they recorded it,” he told us between two coffees, before starting his signing session for his book,
Aurore ou Crépuscule, Résistons!
About fifty people line up, wisely.
Others pass by and ask for a photo.
“Wait, I have the tie like Hollande, it's not okay.
“We also bring him souvenirs, like these two saleswomen from the shopping mall who offer him a tourtière, a specialty of the Landes.
They will leave with a book.
"I love his outspokenness, at least he says what he thinks"
In the line where we wait to have the book signed, a lot of young people have made the trip.
Enzo, 15, says he started to take an interest in politics "because of the pandemic" and watched the latest municipal elections carefully.
“There, the presidential election interests me a lot too, even if I cannot vote, and I have been following Jean Lassalle for a few months.
He has a patriotic speech, I like that.
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Guillaume, 19, especially likes his style.
“There is a big difference between the traditional political class and Jean Lassalle, what I appreciate above all is his outspokenness.
There is no possible confusion.
“Same for Julie, a nurse who works in the emergency room of Mont-de-Marsan.
“I love his outspokenness, at least he says what he thinks, whereas with other politicians, you don't understand most of the things they say.
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“Lassalle, we feel he is close to people, and he has a sense of humor”
A resident of Mont-de-Marsan came for her 18-year-old daughter. “My daughter follows Jean Lassalle on social networks, but unfortunately she could not come today, with great regret, because she is passing her white French baccalaureate, so she commissioned me to have her book signed, and to film it too, smiles the Montoise. Why does my daughter like Jean Lassalle? Because she loves her region, the bon vivants, those who have the values of land and work… These are the values she seeks and which secure her. »
Sylvette also made the trip for her children.
But she, from the Dordogne.
200km.
“I came for my 30 year old daughter who is a farmer, and for my son who is 27 years old.
Lassalle, we feel he is close to people, and he has a sense of humor.
Among the other candidates, my children do not find these values of the land.
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"Not a little piece of France where I haven't been"
Do his supporters believe an election is possible?
The question gets in the way a bit.
“You can't read a crystal ball, can you?
"I hope for him."
Others want to be more realistic.
“Unfortunately, he is not followed enough, regrets Julie, it may be complicated for him, but at least he will be heard.
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The challenge for Jean Lassalle is precisely to make his voice heard. “For me, everything will depend on whether I will be visible or not, he thinks. It's an astonishing campaign, like this country upside down and which has lost a lot of bearings with this pandemic of which there is no end in sight. People will look for someone reassuring, in a context where we hear insults from other candidates. I represent myself because I love this country to which I owe everything. But I love him quietly, without outbursts. In this funny period, we are not immune to a surprise. »
At 66, Jean Lassalle also highlights his experience.
This is the second time he is running for president (he had achieved 1.2% in 2017), and he already has more than twenty elections on the clock.
"I was elected mayor for the first time at 21 years old [in Lourdios-Ichère, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques]" he recalls.
Ex-vice-president of the general council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, this former close friend of François Bayrou is still a deputy, under the banner of the party “Resist!
which he founded.
And it's not just his political career.
“I am the son of a shepherd, I was one myself, then I had my own company, he lists.
I toured France on foot, I went to all the regions, I don't think there's a little piece of France where I haven't been.
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“I have almost 500 signatures”
Between two or three interviews with journalists, lengthy discussions, kisses and little bits of song, the session in the mall will have dragged on a bit.
“Ah, it's not a dedication like Zemmour, it's not the same, huh?
he says to the crowd, hilarious.
And unlike the far-right candidate, the Béarnais claims to have almost completed his sponsorships.
“I have almost 500 signatures, he says, but for the moment I am not announcing it too much, because I want to have 150 more, it is more prudent, experience shows that we loses a lot during the sending period.
“It is therefore certainly also out of caution that Jean Lassalle had stalled a meeting with the mayors of the department, at the end of the day.
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Presidential 2022: Jean Lassalle announces his candidacy and intends to embody joy
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Presidential election 2022
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