Between Macron and Le Pen, the militants of La France insoumise first choose the blank or zero vote (37%) for the second round of the presidential election. Then comes the vote in favor of Emmanuel Macron (33%) and finally the abstention. This is the result of an online consultation of the militant base of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who called not to give a voice to Marine Le Pen. L’Insoumis already has its sights set on the June legislative elections as left-wing forces try to achieve what they failed to do before the presidential election: unite.
The one who is in a position of strength is Jean-Luc Melenchon with 22% of the votes in the first round while the other candidates did not exceed 5%. It is therefore he who has the keys in hand to find an agreement.
His proposal: that the regrouping of forces be done on the merits, around his program “The future in common”. That is to say, everyone behind and him in front, with one demand that ecologists and communists ” report on the recent attacks they have made against him.
A complicated union with the socialists
The leader of environmentalists, Julien Bayou is not really ready to apologize unless they are reciprocal, but for the rest, he clarified this Sunday, everything is open, at least to find a non-competition pact between the candidates on the left.
” Let’s talk about everything, let’s be crazy ”adds the communist candidate for his part Fabien Roussel.
As to socialistswho were not kind to Mélenchon during the campaign, but humiliated during the first round, they reach out to the leader of the rebellious. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, he has no intention of seizing it and this ” refusal is final “said one of his relatives this Sunday. It is indeed Jean-Luc Mélenchon who now dictates the rules of the game.
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