Paris (AFP)
The dissident, ex-LREM, candidate for mayor of Paris Cédric Villani, credited according to first estimates between 6.7 and 8% in the first round, will meet Sunday evening his top names to "discuss the consequences", has- he announces.
"Tonight, I will bring together all of my list leaders to discuss with them the follow-up that must be given to our action, to our commitment to this campaign around the values of progress and ecology," he said. on France 3 Ile-de-France.
The dissident ex-LREM did not indicate whether he would seek an agreement with Anne Hidalgo (30%) or Agnès Buzyn (17 to 18%), contenting himself with insisting on what "guided him in this campaign" : "commitment to Parisians around the values of progress and ecology with freedom, independence, the force of conviction that has characterized us".
Asked about the possibility of postponing the second round, Cédric Villani said he expected "information on his maintenance".
According to first estimates, Anne Hidalgo would point at the top with 30% of the voting intentions and a larger difference than expected on the candidate LR Rachida Dati (22%), before the representative of the presidential majority Agnès Buzyn (17 to 18% ) and environmentalist David Belliard (between 11 and 12%).
Cédric Villani (between 6.7 and 8%) and Insoumise Danielle Simonnet (between 4.5 and 5%) would follow, according to Ipsos / Sopra Steria surveys for France Télévisions, Radio France and LCP and Ifop-Fiducial for M6 and South Radio.
Like the rest of the country, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the first estimates indicate a participation of 43%, down sharply compared to 2014 (58.4%).
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