According to recent polls, the National Rally is on the heels of outgoing presidents in three regions: Hauts-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Occitanie.
What arouse concern in the ranks of the executive, three months before this crucial election in view of the presidential election of 2022.
Three months before the regional elections, concern is gradually gaining ground for the executive.
In question: the progression of the National Rally in the polls.
The far-right party is behind the outgoing presidents in three regions: in Hauts-de-France (led by Xavier Bertrand), in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (led by LR Renaud Muselier) and in Occitanie (led by PS Carole Delga).
Three regions that the RN hopes to win.
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The RN wants to make it a test for the presidential election
The National Rally wants to make this election a test for the presidential election.
"We are in a strategy of victory with 2022 in sight," provides a framework.
But this time, the RN will not invest headliners like Marine Le Pen and Marion Maréchal, candidates in 2015. The RN had not won a region, because the left had withdrawn to the Hauts -de-France and PACA to block it, depriving itself of the passage of elected officials in the regional councils for six years.
"The Republican front will not happen again," says an FN candidate.
"In the context of triangular, all hopes are allowed", he wants to believe.
There remains a major issue for the party: that of abstention, favored by the coronavirus epidemic.
A relative of Marine Le Pen admits: "The health situation will be decisive for the mobilization of its electorate."