The government of Emmanuel Macronthreatened by the prospect of a historic defeat in the legislative elections that the president of Francelaunched fully into the battle for the campaign with candidacies from 24 of its members.
With the deadline for submitting candidacies this Sunday, at 6pm local time (4pm GMT), some of the Executive’s heavyweights aspiring to a place in the next one. National Assemblystarting with the prime minister, Gabriel Attal.
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There is also the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmaninthat of Foreign Relations, Stephane Séjournéthe head of Agriculture, Marc Fesneauthat of Health, Frederic Valletouxor Tourism and Consumption, Olivia Gregoire.
Some major figures do not appear on the lists, namely the head of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Mairewho has been ‘number two’ in Executive practice since Macron conquered the Élysée in 2017.
Le Maire explained that he had already promised a long time ago that he would not be a deputy for more than three terms and that is “a man of his word”.
Not even the Minister of Defense will run for a seat, Sébastien Lecornuthat of Justice, Eric Dupond-Morettior that of Culture, Rachida Datiwho until his entry into Macron’s Executive at the end of January was a prominent figure in the The Republicans (LR, the traditional right-wing party).
Very adverse scenario for the Macronist camp
This avalanche of Government members on the electoral lists illustrates the desire to use notoriety to turn the polls in the elections that will take place on June 30th and July 7th.
These polls predict a victory for the extreme right of the National Group (RN), which managed to obtain more than 30% of the votes in the first round, followed by the new Popular front which brings together the left-wing parties, which would obtain 25-28%, and behind them the Macronist bloc, with less than 20%.
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From then on, the question would be how this would translate into the second round in the distribution of the 577 deputies, elected in single-member constituencies.
The agreement that creates the Popular front established the distribution of candidates between the four groups that comprise it: Rebel France (LFI) of Jean-Luc Mélenchon got 229, the socialist party (PS) with 175, the Ecologists with 92 and the French Communist Party (PCF) with 50.
Mélenchon is not a candidate and, although last Wednesday he said he was willing to be prime minister if the left won, this Sunday, given the discomfort generated by his personality in the other parties in the coalition and even in part of his own, he assured that “Never”It will be a problem, which implies that he will put aside his ambitions.
The lists include the leaders of the other Popular Front parties, the PS, Olivier Faurethat of Ecologists, Tondela Marinha (although as a substitute), and that of the PCF, Fabien Roussel.
Hollande, invested in his former electoral fiefdom
The former president of the Republic has also been invested by the PS Francois Hollande (he was at the Élysée from 2012 to 2017) in his former electoral fiefdom of Corrèze, and this despite his repeated clashes with Faure and his previous criticism of any alliance with the LFI.
Under pressure from his Popular Front partners and even from many voices in the LFI, the outgoing deputy resigned from his candidacy. Adrien Quatennenswhose presence generated controversy considering that he had been sentenced in 2022 to four months in prison exempt from serving time for beating his wife.
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In relation to the controversial pact signed this week between the National Group (RN) of Marina LePen and the president of LR, Eric Ciottibehind the backs and against the will of the majority of the latter party’s leaders, it is still too early to fully assess its scope.
This agreement provides that the RN will not present candidates in 70 electoral districts in which it will request to vote for a candidate chosen by the LR faction that swung with Ciotti. But it doesn’t seem like there are any big LR names in these constituencies.
Furthermore, the LR bloc that denounced the alliance with RN chose to present candidacies that compete with those proposed by Ciotti. Ciotti himself will have an LR opponent in his constituency in the city of Cool.
Source: Elcomercio
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