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Cedric Villani Announces His Candidature To Mayor Of Paris
Paris mayoral's dissident candidate from LREM (La Republique en Marche) Cedric Villani (C) leaves the brasserie Gaite, in the French capital Paris, near Montparnasse, after announcing his candidature in the mayoral race on September 4, 2019. Villani is an eccentric maths genius who entered politics in 2017 when Macron's fledgling Republique En Marche (LREM) party redrew the parliamentary landscape in France, and has become one of the most popular Macronista figures with the public. Six months away from the March municipal elections, his move clouds Macron's prospects for conquering the French capital to build a local power base for his party and make inroads into the last bastion of the old establishment dominated by socialists or conservatives: 35,000 town halls nationwide. (Photo by Michel Stoupak/NurPhoto)
