How the Right Fucks Vincent Bolloré's Ring

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They have the joyful expression of friends and cousins ​​gathered for a family celebration. The stars of the right rushed to the 70th anniversary party of Europe 1, the Bolloré radio station, last Wednesday at the Baronne restaurant in Paris. On June 8, the JDD, the Bolloré-affiliated weekly, in a well-oiled self-promotion operation for the group, displayed its guests on a full page: Nicolas Sarkozy, Gérald Darmanin, Laurent Wauquiez, François Bayrou, Eric Ciotti, Rachida Dati and, in majesty (the photo is larger), flanked by Constance Benqué and Donat Vidal-Revel, the two leaders who are the conduits for the desires of Vincent Bolloré, the current presidential hopeful of the reactionary right: Bruno Retailleau.

Most of the guests in the photo, almost all LR, none from the left, hope to gain a little more favor from Vincent Bolloré, who has managed to convince them that he would be the kingmaker of 2027. Each of them regularly consults with godfather Bolloré, who pampers and advises them. Bolloré thus approved, in advance, Eric Ciotti's betrayal and his rallying to Marine Le Pen in 2022. He chooses his current favorites. The full page of the JDD clearly indicates that it is Retailleau.

But while in the past it was criticized in the mainstream media