RN activists convinced of winning thanks to their champion "Marine"

• The first round of the presidential election took place this Sunday.

• Emmanuel Macron comes first with around 28% of the vote, ahead of Marine Le Pen (23.2%).

  They will be opposed on Sunday April 24 for a second round.

• In Paris, supporters of Marine Le Pen exulted at the announcement of the results.

"Yaaaaaaaaay!

“It is 8 p.m. sharp when almost guttural cries fill the hall of the Chesnaie du Roy pavilion, a few meters from the Floral Park of the Bois de Vincennes (Paris 12th).

The activists who came to support the candidate of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, let their joy explode as the face of their champion appeared on the screen which overlooks the stage on which she must speak in a few minutes.

23% of the vote: his supporters could not have hoped for better for this first round of an extraordinary presidential election, the first estimates of which place him in second position just behind Emmanuel Macron.

“For the first time, I fully believe in it!

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Some of them, impatient to celebrate this new victory, had arrived at 6 p.m., hoping to be able to cheer as it should be the one they nicknamed "Marine".

Before the arrival of their champion, the buffets set up everywhere are stormed and small groups form here and there.

Activists from the start, most of them know each other and have come with their families to hear their candidate.

“For the first time, this evening, I believe in it thoroughly!, loose Isabelle, the sister of Caroline Parmentier, press officer for Marine Le Pen.

And for the second round, I am sure that this famous glass ceiling, which we fear each time, will not work this time.

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Convinced that the campaign that the RN candidate has led in recent months would make the difference, her supporters are formal: “This time, she made another choice of campaign, which is the best.

It is that of going to meet the French, believes for her part Nathalie, who came with her husband, Olivier, and their daughter, Jennifer.

There, she made an exceptional campaign!

“Her program too, which the activist considers “more muscular” than five years ago, would have played in her favor.

And then, a woman at the Elysée, “that would change a little.

Because the same faces for forty years, it's okay, what!

“, cowardly, disillusioned, Olivier.

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“We did not campaign for a year for nothing”

Between the lines, too, this ardent desire to see their favorite fight against the one they believe to be the cause of his fall in 2017: Emmanuelle Macron.

“He is weakened because of the scandals that weigh on him.

And in the second round, he will only have a small transfer of votes possible, ”says Steven, undoubtedly one of the youngest activists in the room.

Around him, while the glasses of wine are emptied and the petits fours are rare, the supporters, leaders and cadres of the party continue their fiery debates on how they will celebrate this “assured victory”.

Then, as if time had stopped for a few seconds, an almost monastic silence descends on the room.

The countdown to the first estimates is launched on the big screen connected to BFMTV.

The crowd gathers and sings the Marseillaise before the end of the count.

The song finally gives way to cries of joy when the first numbers appear.

If Emmanuel Macron comes first with 28%, the RN candidate is close behind him, followed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his 22%.

Even if these are only provisional results, the crowd seems unanimous on the upcoming victory of Marine Le Pen, and hammers loudly, as if to seal the fate of their champion: “We are going to win!

We will win !

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Cries of joy from RN activists at Marine Le Pen's temporary HQ #presidentielle2022 pic.twitter.com/HBH6noOXZ6

— Emilie Petit (@Em_Petit) April 10, 2022

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Finally, a few minutes later, Marine Le Pen arrives in the room, and moves in the middle of the blue, white and red flags, up to the raised stage.

“We didn't campaign for a year for nothing, we campaigned seriously and it paid off!

“Analyzes Steven, a huge smile on his face, his eyes riveted on “Marine”.

As the first words of the RN candidate's speech resonate, a wind of hope invades the room.

All eyes are on the one they hope to see soon occupy the chair of the Elysée.

For that, it will still be necessary for Marine Le Pen to succeed in convincing some of the French disappointed with this first round or still undecided.

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• Presidential election 2022

• Marine Le Pen

• National Rally (RN)

• Ile-de-France

• Paris

• 20 minute video

• Elections