Nationalize the stakes of a local election to beat the former mayor and current Prime Minister. At the head in the first round of the municipal elections in Le Havre, Édouard Philippe saw a front rise against him, a union of the left (PCF, LFI, PS and EELV) brought together by the circumstances behind the communist candidate Jean-Paul Lecoq. And in an attempt to turn the tide before the second round of June 28, opponents of the Prime Minister have an angle of attack: national policy.
"The inhabitants of Le Havre have a proxy vote for all French people"
On Wednesday, half a dozen elected PCF, LFI, PS and EELV had already rushed into the port city to feed the anti-Philippe front embodied by this "citizen" list. But on Friday, it was Jean-Luc Mélenchon himself who came to the Bléville market to sing the praises of the communist candidate for municipal elections, Jean-Paul Lecoq, and to weigh with all his aura on this local ballot. "The inhabitants of Le Havre have a proxy vote for all the French who have not accepted the reform of the labor code, the retirement law or even the drop in APL," explained the leader of France rebellious at the microphone. '' Europe 1.
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"If Édouard Philippe is beaten in Le Havre, we would talk about it until Marseille"
Because a victory for Jean-Paul Lecoq against the Prime Minister would be "a huge bugle call, a tremendous boost", he enthuses. "If Edouard Philippe is beaten in Le Havre, we would talk about it until Marseille" , still ensures the elected representative of Bouches-du-Rhône. If the leader of rebellious France does everything to nationalize the ballot, the competitor at the town hall of Édouard Philippe also asks for clarity: "Le Havre needs a full-time mayor! city fell asleep. "
Camp Philippe responds
For its part, the camp of Edouard Philippe does not sit idly by, and hammer a little further on this same market that it is above all a local election. "We have to elect the future mayor of Le Havre", insists at the microphone of Europe 1 the deputy Agnès Firmin le Bodo. "The PCF is campaigning nationally, we are campaigning locally. Our project is for Le Havre and Le Havre." A response that seems to be effective: according to an Ifop poll published last week, the Prime Minister would prevail (53%) at a measured distance from his competitor (47%).