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Retailleau Centers Security in Marseille Visit to Lift Vassal Ahead of Municipal Vote

His pitch seeks to reassure right‑leaning voters tempted by the RN.

Bruno Retailleau, le président des Républicains le jeudi 5 février, venu à Nîmes en soutien à la candidature de Franck Proust.
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Bruno Retailleau et Martine Vassal ont rencontré des militants LR, vendredi 6 février, à Marseille.
Ancien ministre de l’Intérieur, Bruno Retailleau, président de LR, vient soutenir Martine Vassal ce vendredi 6 février.

Overview

  • Bruno Retailleau campaigned in Marseille on February 6 to back Martine Vassal, whose bid is described as struggling between incumbent Benoît Payan and RN candidate Franck Allisio.
  • He framed security as the priority and criticized the left’s record, a message he reinforced with a quote reported by La Provence.
  • The LR leader leaned on his 13 months at the Interior Ministry and recalled past clashes with Mayor Benoît Payan to bolster his credibility on safety.
  • Vassal highlighted expected reforms to let municipal police record infractions and issue fixed delinquent fines, presenting expanded local policing as a concrete response to disorder.
  • Retailleau’s swing through the South, including Nîmes, reflects LR’s push for a right-and-center coalition in a month-out race marked by RN pressure and a resilient left.