“Reduce fractures”, title The crossfor whom this election showed a France crossed by deep divisions. “Emmanuel Macron finds himself facing a fractured France. Like cut in half. Because, if he obtained a clear score, Emmanuel Macron loses eight points, while his rival Marine Le Pen, candidate of the National Rally, wins almost as much.
It thus crosses for the first time the bar of 40% on the far right. “Five years ago, there were 10 million votes difference between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. Today there are only five and a half million.”
The results map draws these two Frances. “On the one hand, the big cities, the upper middle classes and the pensioners voted for the outgoing president. On the other, a more popular and working-class France, which voted for the leader of the RN. »
The challenge of legislative elections
All eyes are already on the next cycle, in June. On the far right, the two rival leaders are calling for “union of patriots”but the clans of Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour “multiply cowries”, detailed Release.
“The war of the extreme right will undoubtedly take place. » Pro-Le Pen and Pro-Zemmour do not seem in such a hurry to unite, “for a whole host of reasons ranging from childish bickering to partisan interests and venal motives”, continues Release. Yesterday, the governing bodies of the RN met to decide on the line to be adopted for the legislative elections. “If ad hoc agreements with zemmourians seem to be envisaged, the” alliances of devices “have been clearly ruled out”.
For Releasethe RN should stick to vain appeals to left-wing patriots: “ because if the party has an interest in sending to the Assembly a maximum of deputies, it also has a great need to add up on its label a large number of votes in the first round. A vital issue, since the RN is indebted to more than 20 million euros ”.
Still in view of the legislative elections, on the right, the fire is smoldering at Les Républicains
“If the independence line neither Rassemblement national nor La République En Marche remains in the majority, some continue to warn of the need to seize the outstretched hand of Emmanuel Macron”, spear The Parisian.
“LR is trying to contain the flames. MPs met yesterday to try to settle their differences. “A respectful atmosphere” according to some participants… However, Christian Jacob, president of the party, raised his voice, annoyed at “having to use media airtime to comment on skirmishes that weaken a family already on one knee. »
Christian Jacob also attacked Thierry Solère, ex-LR who is now recruiting right-wing soldiers for Macronie: “I invite those who receive these calls not to answer”, calling him a “sinister character”.
Twitter soon in the hands of billionaire Elon Musk
The board of directors of the blue bird social network has agreed to its takeover. Already shareholder of more than 9% of the capital of Twitter, Elon Musk will become the owner of the whole for 44 billion dollars. The echoes report that “The billionaire wants to reform Twitter with one line of conduct: promote freedom of expression which he still considers to be restricted. “A social media platform’s policies are good if the most extreme 10% on the left and right are equally unhappy,” estimated Elon Musk in a tweet a few days ago. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX spoke about ” new features “, without specifying which ones. The economic daily assures that “ Twitter employees are already worried about the consequences of this takeover by the entrepreneur, whose ideas are often close to libertarians. »