Louis Giscard d'Estaing, a former two-term deputy representing Puy-de-Dome in the National Assembly, mayor of Chamalieres and son of former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing kicked off his latest campaign Tuesday afternoon — in Bethesda, Maryland.
Flanked by two 20-year-old campaign volunteers in European knotted scarves and sharp suits, Giscard, the newly declared candidate to represent French expatriates in North America, stepped out of a black SUV at the Lyce Rochambeau French International School off Beach Drive. He had sunglasses tucked in the breast pocket of his checked blue suit, black tufts fringing his bald dome and campaign talking points ready for the political power broker in the headmistress's office.
"It's going to be interesting to see if it really works out," he said with an accent and a shrug.