Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr Fillon was first elected to parliament in 1981, when he was just 27 How can a man whose hobbies include motor-racing, mountaineering and the bullfight be so impassive, impeccable and grave?
That is the central mystery behind France"s possible president-to-be, Francois Fillon.
Detractors say that behind the mask of taciturnity lies a retiring personality ill-suited for the task of head-of-state.
Mr Fillon, they say, is one of nature"s lieutenants, a born second-in-command, a would-be leader without the guts to lead.
Far from it, reply his supporters.
If the former prime minister is reserved, they say, that is because he has a rich interior life – and personal convictions that do not need the reflected affirmation of the media machine.
And his path to the top may have been slow. But along the journey he has acquired a wealth of experience. The bid for the presidency, they say, comes from a man finally ready to assume the responsibilities ..
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