The new ecological and social popular union is delighted to see Emmanuel Macron losing his majority at the end of the second round of the legislative elections. But the scoring of the extreme right obliges it to sobriety.
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon will therefore not be Prime Minister. A disappointment surmounted in a few seconds, in the headquarters of the new Ecological and Social People’s Popular Union (Nuts), given the extent of the defeat inflicted on Emmanuel Macron. The first projections, at 8 p.m., which give a little less than 150 seats to the cloud, make militants scream in the room. But what makes them mainly scream with joy is the announcement of the Macronie heavyweight defeat in the face of candidates from the Nuts: Christophe Castaner, Richard Ferrand, Amélie de Montchalin, swept away.
“It is a completely unexpected, absolutely incredible situation, the rout of the presidential party is total”, launches Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the gallery, a little before 9 p.m. “What a good storage room, after Mr. Blanquer eliminated in the first round, to see ejecting the Ebiorgneur Castaner and the insulting Montchalin.” As for the breakthrough of the National Rally (RN), defeat of the Republican camp, it is not That of the Nuts, hammer the officials. Thus, for the environmentalist Julien Bayou, “Emmanuel Macron put an equal sign between us and the opponents of the Republic. They wanted to avoid defeat at the cost of dishonor, tonight they have and defeat and dishonor”.
Behind the smiles, the RN score obliges the frameworks to gravity. Hanging on the phone, Ian Brossat garnered the results of duels against the RN of communist candidates. Fabien Roussel is except, largely, but for others, in particular the outgoing Alain Bruneel (North), “it looks bad”. “We cannot be quoted in the face of what is going on this evening,” said the national advisor of the Communist Party, Julia Castanier.
Now, what lifespan?
In the accounts written in advance, Emmanuel Macron’s defeat had to consecrate the victory of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. But in the duel with together !, The presidential coalition, there was a blind spot: the national rally and its unprecedented breakthrough. The three blocks of the presidential election persist: the RN is equal to the rebellious France, and the Party Les Républicains and the RN would total two seats for them as the cloud. Jean-Luc Mélenchon is suitable for it, even if he also considers that the results of large cities could bring up the clip: “The three blocks that appeared at the exit of the presidential election continue to be neighbors in almost identical proportions.”
Failing to govern, the former deputy succeeded in a conversion operation which was not obvious: transmuting in the seats in Parliament his 22 % to the presidential election, taking with him all the forces on the left. But Sunday, the remobilization so much hoped for by the Nuts did not take place, abstention even progressed in relation to the first round, dismissing the possibility of a left majority in the National Assembly.
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