On Sunday, the French are called to the polls for the second round of the legislative elections. The first round brought the Union of the Left and the presidential coalition neck and neck, making some constituencies tight duels.
The situation of three ministers gives cold sweats within the government. The Minister for Ecological Transition and candidate in the 6th constituency of Essonne, Amelie de Montchalin, the Minister for Europe Clément Beaune (7th district of Paris) and the Minister of Public Service Stanislas Guérini (3rd district of Paris) all three came in second place last Sunday.
They intend to grab a few votes from right-wing voters to catch up, but will have to resign if they are not elected. As indicated by a law, unwritten, but applied by the Élysée in 2017.
Two relatives of Emmanuel Macron, who do not have a ministerial post but are two pillars of the majority are also in difficulty. This is the leader of the walking deputies, Christophe Castaner in the 2nd constituency of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, candidate in the 6th constituency of Finistère.
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Eyes will also be on Minister Damien Abad, targeted by accusations of rape, which he disputes, by several women. However, he is on a favorable ballot in the 5th constituency of Ain, facing the candidate Nupes, Florence Pisani.
Another point to watch for this legislative election, the presence of the right in Paris. Of the 18 constituencies, only two LR candidates from the capital qualified for the second round. Francis Szpiner and Brigitte Kuster, respectively candidates in the 14th and 4th constituency of the capital.
In the 20th district of the North, the unfortunate presidential candidate Fabien Roussel is neck and neck with the RN candidate, he is trying to convince the abstainers to mobilize behind his program.
The RN in search of a group
Will the RN succeed in forming a group in the hemicycle for this five-year term? In the second constituency of Nièvre, stronghold of François Mitterrand, the candidate of the National Rally is making a strong breakthrough. The second round will be a triangular between the RN, the Nupes and Together!.
In the 8th constituency of Moselle, RN spokesperson Laurent Jacobelli, who came out on top in the first round with 35.2% of the vote, faces Nupes candidate Céline Léger (27.6%). But the question of the Republican dam could change the future of this industrial district of Moselle.
With more than 39% of the votes in the first round, the RN is on track to win its first seat in Gironde near Blaye, in the 11th constituency. Marine le Pen’s spokesperson, Edwige Diaz, who came second in the regional elections last year in New Aquitaine, will compete for the seat of deputies against the outgoing LREM Véronique Hammerer, left behind in the first round with 23.7% of the vote.
A baker and a chambermaid in the Assembly?
Among the candidates from civil society, that of the baker Stéphane Ravacley, in the 2nd district of Doubs. The one who made himself known by going on a hunger strike for the regularization of his apprentice threatened with expulsion, is in the lead ahead of the candidate of the presidential coalition, Éric Alauzet. By only 465 votes.
And in the 7th district of Val-de-Marne, the chambermaid and figure of the strike against the Accor group is in the lead ahead of the former Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, by nearly 14% of the vote.
(With AFP)