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Monday October 2, Gérard Larcher should obtain a fifth term as President of the Senate. The elected Republican, renowned for his taste for consensus, occupies a key place, while the majority seeks to reach agreements with the right to get their texts passed.
For 15 years, the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, has been present at almost all official events. He has welcomed the British sovereign, but he is also in the front rows of the ceremonies, alongside the Presidents of the Republic. His first appearance on television dates from 1977. Doctor Larcher, veterinarian, treats the horses of the French team during the European championships. Very quickly, politics caught up with him.
A key interlocutor of the majority
After the Rambouille town hallt (Yvelines) en 1983, he won a senatorial seat three years later. He is said to be a fan of consensus. Enough to become, in 2008, president of the Senate. Qualities that are still remembered on the Rambouillet market. “He knows a lot of people here, by their first and last names.“, reports a woman. An emblematic figure of the Republicans, he will be a key interlocutor of the majority in trying to pass certain texts, such as the immigration law. He should obtain a new mandate as president of the upper house, Monday October 2 – his fifth.