first day of campaign between union and tensions

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After its official launch last week, the New Popular Front held its first major meeting this Monday, June 17 in Montreuil in the Paris region. An open-air event bringing together political leaders and figures from civil society, trade unionists, researchers and association leaders. All gathered to encourage unity against the far right, but without preventing a certain cacophony reigning in a constituency where a tough battle on the left has been looming since the announcement of the nominations last Friday.

13 days before the first roundseveral tenors of the New Popular Front, including Olivier FaureClémentine Autain, Marine Tondelier, François Ruffin, called for “unity” of the left: “ We have not won yet, but we have won against the slope of worst and resignation », Launched François Ruffin in front of several hundred supporters.

“ Let’s vow together to never let go », added the boss of the PS. This Tuesday morning, Olivier Faure is asking for a “vote” to appoint the future Prime Minister, in the event of a victory for the left, because he “ doesn’t know any other way to arbitrate “.

Slightly progressing in the polls with 28% of voting intentions according to an Ifop survey published on June 17, the left tries to overcome its internal dissensionsborn from the choice of La France insoumise not to reinvest several leavers deemed rebellious, including Alexis Corbière precisely in Montreuil.

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The majority wants to “fight”

Majority campaign leader, the Prime Minister Gabriel Attal also launched the week in Val-de-Marne, in support of outgoing MP Mathieu Lefèvre and minister-candidate Franck Riester: “ We will fight square meter by square meter ” against ” the extremes “. The head of government castigated the “terrible for the economy” projects of the New Popular Front and the National Rally.

Responsible for leading the decisive campaign for the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, Gabriel Attal has already outlined the outlines of a campaign centered on purchasing power, the primary concern of the French. The head of government relied on the warning from the French Association of Private Enterprises (Afep), which brings together the 117 largest French companies, and warned on Monday of a “ major risk ” of “ lasting dropout » of the French and European economy.

Faced with this threat of “economic catastrophe”, the outgoing majority will present its candidates under the banner “Together for the Republic” almost everywhere. But in more than sixty constituencies, the Macronist camp “ made the choice not to send candidates to guarantee blocking the extremes », revealed Gabriel Attal.

Bardella wants an “absolute majority” to act

National Rally (RN) side, guest on the CNews channel this Tuesday morning, Jordan Bardella declared that he would need be in an absolute majority situation » to the National Assembly to be Prime Minister. Declaring to refuse power for its “ personal glory “, the president of the RN called on the French to mobilize to place it ” in a position to act “. “ I do not plan to be Emmanuel Macron’s collaborator “, he insisted.

Some 93% of French municipalities placed Jordan Bardella and the National Rally in the lead in the European elections on June 9. This is the case of Livarot-Pays-d’Auge, a small French commune of 6,000 inhabitants in Calvados in Normandy, which obtained nearly 42.03% of the votes, almost ten points above the national average. The presidential majority, undermined, is second, but far behind (13.63%).

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