From Perpignan, the new ambitions of the mayor RN Louis Aliot

Louis Aliot, mayor of Perpignan. Le Tellec Stephane/Le Tellec Stephane/ABACA

It is almost noon, and p***ers-by flock to the streets of Perpignan. Louis Aliot, in a hurry, goes to a municipal meeting, accompanied by two of his ***istants. Far from Le Havre and the great gathering organized by the party for the 1er May, where he did not go. Too far, too complicated. On the way, he is picked up by one of his constituents, who clearly does not recognize him as the mayor of the city. “Excuse me sir, can you tell me where the Armand Thierry store is?” “Of course, ma’am, you keep going straight and you’ll come across it.” He is like that, Louis Aliot. Affable, accessible, with a frank smile and a singing accent. Even more since he recovered the chair of city councilor.

Elected in 2020, on the double promise “safety-cleanliness”he is now the only mayor national rally of a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants. And celebrates, this year, his mid-term anniversary. In Perpignan, the arrival of the frontist did not upset the inhabitants