In the second round of the presidential election, Emmanuel Macron collected two -thirds of the Breton votes, in particular thanks to the liveliness of the Republican Front. A plebiscite which nevertheless obscures legislative uncertain.
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Sunday evening, he first blew as relief by discovering the results of the second round of the presidential election. Tristan Bréhier, Regional Councilor and Referent of La République en Marche (LRM) in Finistère, then enjoyed, without triumphalism, the victory of Emmanuel Macron: “I was little serene during the campaign. I feared a loss of speed of our Candidate. Finally, Brittany confirms that it remains a Christian democratic land with moderate vote, whose barium is called Macron. “
In the peninsula, the outgoing head of state collected two -thirds of the votes (66.58 %). He came first in the four Breton departments and in all the constituencies of the region. On this card painted from orange, it is necessary to zoom in to distinguish 85 brown flies indicating these rural communes where the voting Marine Le Pen, candidate of the National Rally (RN), was in the majority.
LRM activists have modest victory because they measure the limits of it. In 2017, their candidate claimed three -quarters of the votes. Sunday, April 24, Emmanuel Macron lost more than 100,000 votes and struggles to tame the distrust of part of the Bretons, who judge his policy and his exercise too brutal. In the first round of the ballot, the tenant of the Elysée mainly convinced the center and the right, winning in the historically blue fiefs (Saint-Malo, Vannes, Vitré …) as well as on the Armorican coast.
In the second round, he doubled his audience by capturing part of the left vote in this region which placed Jean-Luc Mélenchon in second position in the first round (20.65 %). Nevertheless, the postponement of voice has painfully reached him. At the exit of the polling stations, many Bretons agreed to have voted “at least worse of the candidates”. A formula understood as a refrain everywhere in the peninsula.
“Voting for fear or duty”
During the campaign, Mr. Macron’s candidacy never raised the enthusiasm observed in 2017. Several ministers have however multiplied public meetings, often organized by invitation and in municipalities voting at the Center right. In Spézet, in the fief of the Finistère deputy Richard Ferrand, president of the National Assembly and more faithful support from the Head of State, the latter claims “only” 58.33 % of the votes. Mr. Macron had however come, a few days before the first round, to campaign on the village square.
Sunday evening, the Breton socialists leading the majority of local hemicycles hastened to greet and then qualify the victory. “Rarely our country has been so fractured, so divided. The President of the Republic must take all the measure and not consider that his election, undeniable, is worth everyone. Today, it is a final call to find The meaning of the collective, of progress, and it begins by making social justice a priority, “said Loïg Chesnais-Girard (Socialist Party, PS), President of the Brittany region.
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