Tractor-driving ‘son of the soil’ has run for president three times and maintains solid ties to south-west France where he grew up
François Bayrou, the new French prime minister, calls himself a country man. A tractor-driving “son of the soil” and breeder of thoroughbreds, he has run for president three times, saying his rural roots and centrist politics led him to try to find common ground between left and right.
Born to a family of farmers in the Béarn, Bayrou’s more than 40-year political career is built on his insistence on never cutting ties to the area of his childhood at the foot of the Pyrenees in south-west France.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/13/from-farmer-to-premier-who-is-francois-bayrou-the-new-french-prime-minister
Author : Guardian international staff
Publish date : 2024-12-13 16:12:58
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