Emmanuel Macron invoked the supreme interest of the nation in obtaining a majority in the National Assembly on Sunday. Presidential plans that Jean-Luc Mélenchon intends to thwart until the end. At a meeting in Toulouse on the evening of Tuesday June 14, the leader of the Union of the Left called for mobilization at the ballot box.
With our special correspondent in Toulouse, Aurelien Devernoix
” Don’t allow these people to hold the upper hand. Our country will emerge in tatters “. The disorder is not Jean-Luc Mélenchon, but Emmanuel Macron. As a good tactician, the leader of the left knows that the best defense is attack: ” I am not the first liar, the place is taken”.
Galvanized support
In the room, the assistance is galvanized despite the stifling heat. But heat wave or not, the leader of Nupes launches the race for mobilization for the second round: “ Do not believe the pseudo projections, believe only yourself, your own activity. The question is how many people do you bring to the vote on Sunday?
And young people if possible, those whose abstention was massive last Sunday. The task promises to be difficult, however, judge Perrine and Justin, students who came to attend the Mélenchon show: “ Me, I sometimes feel like I’m really tired of harassing everyone world to go and vote. I say to myself ‘it’s ok, stop it’. After the presidential, the legislative and the second round! But I agree that it is important to do so” says Perrin. “Someone who is completely unselfish, despite everything that can be said to him, I have never seen anyone suddenly interested” adds justin.
A surge of voters needed
But to snatch a majority, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the Nupes can only count on a start from the voters. In 2017, the turnout fell by 6 points between the two rounds, particularly weakening the left.
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