“ Abstention and indecision is the great title, which sums up everything, from The voice of the North. “ The presidential coalition and the union of the left are neck and neck, notes the daily life of Hauts-de-France, after a first round marked by record abstention (53%), casting doubt on an absolute majority for Emmanuel Macron. »
In the left-wing press, it’s euphoria… Humanity welcomes “ union dynamics “: ” a dynamic that has clearly worked, where the division of the left had immediately eliminated most of its representatives in 2017. (…) Already, the Nupes can be proud of having won their stripes as the main opposing force. While waiting to achieve perhaps the historic and unprecedented feat that would constitute the return to the opposition of the newly elected President of the Republic. »
Towards a relative majority?
” Nupes against LREM, the law of dynamics “, adds Release. “ The former LFI candidate for the Elysée Palace has already won his bet “, point Freed. However, acknowledges the newspaper, the prospect of seeing him impose cohabitation on the Head of State seems out of reach. But seeing the President have a single relative majority is possible. It will depend on… the dynamics of this between-two-turns. Nupes, precise Liberation, has little reserve of votes, unlike Emmanuel Macron who will undoubtedly be able to count on the LR electorate, under whose nose he will wave the Mélenchon red cloth all week. The Nupes will only be able to turn to the abstainers. Jean-Luc Mélenchon understood this well, he who called them to ‘surge’ next Sunday in the polling stations. »
At least for now, “ left in the lead », boasts The Marseillaise. ” Each vote will weigh heavily next Sunday to determine the policy of the next five years. Anyone who wants to turn the page of social regression has the opportunity. »
A setback for Macron
On the right is grimace soup…” Macron, towards a narrow majority », forecast Le Figaro. ” This is a serious setback for the president, points out the newspaper. By trying to chloroform the entire campaign, by tactical calculation or strategic hesitation, he will only have succeeded in nurturing abstention and stifling in the bud the dynamic that the presidential election could have created in his favor. Result b: his side retreats – a first! -, and it is Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who, taking advantage of the inexplicable resignation of the RN as well as the no less inexplicable resignation of the LRs, is on the way to establishing himself as the real political winner of this election. »
” Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s strategy (and bluff) worked, recognize L’Opinion: the left, including in its most extremist version, will indeed be Emmanuel Macron’s number one opponent. Worse, continues the liberal daily, it has a good chance of preventing the Head of State from obtaining in the National Assembly the absolute majority he will need to conduct his policy for five years. »
Inversion…
Indeed, adds The cross, ” the momentum is no longer there. The mechanism of the Ve Republic which saw voters almost automatically give the elected president a comfortable legislative majority has stalled. Jean-Luc Mélenchon succeeded in uniting the left, in a baroque union between very different partners. Results, points out the Catholic daily: a few weeks after having re-elected Emmanuel Macron, a significant part of the French people give their votes to an economic, European and social program almost the opposite of that carried by the President of the Republic… »
New balances?
So warn West France“ Emmanuel Macron could find himself obliged, if Together only obtained a relative majority, to negotiate with his opponents in order to be able to unfold his policy. An unprecedented situation since 2002 and the organization of legislative elections in the wake of the presidential election. All this can be the starting point of political instability or, on the contrary, valued Ouest France, new balances, by restoring power to the National Assembly. If the scenario that is emerging is indeed the one that prevails next Sunday, the Élysée will have to relearn how to deal with all the opposition to avoid blockages. To listen. Discuss. Grant. Which is not bad news for democracy. »
Finally, “ a certainty in this moving world, concludes La Charente Libre, it will take a lot of courage for the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, to stay the course when the succession of the president elected in April and all the power games that go with it are already looming in people’s minds. »