- Two months before the elections, the National Rally is embarking on the municipal race in Nantes.
- In a city traditionally anchored on the left, its head of list Eleonore Revel hopes to win elected officials thanks to the themes of security and immigration.
She had to stick to it. After a false start, the Rassemblement national and its head of list Eléonore Revel are embarking on the municipal race in Nantes. After a first candidate was rejected by the national authorities of the far-right party, due to his lack of notoriety, the departmental referent (not necessarily more known to voters) finally decided to lead the list, failing to find someone else.
"Not showing up would have been complicated," said the 38-year-old candidate, who increased the number of women contenders for mayor to six. So I decided to go there, because there is a real alternative to offer Nantes residents. It was also the sense of challenge that attracted me, to a land where we don't score very well ... ”
It must be said that apart from Pierre Peraldi in 1995, no FN elected pushed the door of the municipal council of Nantes. In 2014, the party reached 8.14% of the vote. And despite several internal crises, the scores, although far below the national results, then progressed in the legislative elections and then in the European ones. "Our goal this time is to exceed 10% and to obtain at least three elected officials," says this mother of four, collaborator of the RN group at the regional council. We will be the pebble in the shoe of the future mayor. We will challenge on the problems and will be force of proposal as long as Nantes will not find its sweetness of life. "
Security and Immigration
Thursday, Marine Le Pen must make the trip to the city of the dukes to personally support his candidate. It is a safe bet that the two women will talk about security, a favorite theme of the far-right party and which has never been so topical in Nantes. In addition to doubling the strength of the municipal police, the head of the list proposes to arm the agents, even if it means that they exceed their initial missions. “They must protect us and not just verbalize. It is also necessary to create a canine brigade so that the municipal police are also interested in drug trafficking, the Place du Commerce for example. "
Immigration will also be part of the discussions. "More than half of the attacks in Nantes are linked to illegal immigration," launches this philosophy graduate, without citing her source. Johanna Rolland created an appeal by making everyone know that Nantes was a welcoming land, and by funding associations. "
Criticism of opponents
If Eléonore Revel is still looking for names to build her list, she has what it takes in terms of criticism of the outgoing mayor. The latter has already warned that her first round will be successful if her list comes out on top and if the National Rally is less than 10%. But everyone takes it for his rank.
"Johanna Rolland's record is catastrophic, but La République en Marche is jointly responsible for the deteriorating situation," she judges. The Republicans are too "light" on the subject of security, they have not taken the measure of the problem. As for EELV, they are doing their little political trash but we know that they will come to terms with those they say they hate today. "
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