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Villani for Parliament!

May 11, 2017

The (relatively new) French party En Marche! (from which the winning presidential candidate, Macron, hails) has nominated spider-brooch wearing mathematician Cedric Villani as a parliamentary candidate!  For the full list of candidates, see this list.

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