Neither right nor left, networks, encouragement from Emmanuel Macron: behind the candidacy of Teddy Riner, the shadow of the presidential camp

“The start of a campaign is always the most exciting. These are my fondest memories of what I experienced with Emmanuel Macron ten years ago! We relive the same thing to the power of ten thousand. » The man who is so enthusiastic is called Philippe Veran and he is one of the main architects behind the candidacy for the presidential election of Teddy Riner, which the multiple French judo champion announced on Monday to everyone's surprise.

However, Philippe Veran, a successful multi-entrepreneur, was a Macronist, even if he was quickly disappointed, as he says bluntly. “I was among the very first supporters of Emmanuel Macron, I was the first referent of En Marche in Bouches-du-Rhône,” says the man who was also deputy mayor (Les Républicains) of Salon-de-Provence until the municipal elections in March. I do not deny this past, but many of us have been extraordinarily disappointed. The president has extenuating circumstances, but the choice to play politics…