La France Insoumise wants to transform the trial into the legislative elections.

The number two of the party, Adrien Quatennens, said on Monday that he wanted to "impose cohabitation" on Emmanuel Macron during these elections scheduled for June.

"When we see the configuration of yesterday, it will be a question of the legislative elections to do what is necessary because Emmanuel Macron may not have a majority in the Assembly", he said on France Inter, in allusion to the result of its candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon who obtained nearly 22% of the votes in the first round.

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“It may be a question of imposing cohabitation on him,” added the deputy from the North.

“If all of those who voted for Mélenchon yesterday renew their vote in the legislative elections, we are able to impose another majority on him,” he assured.

Asked about the second round of April 24, Adrien Quatennens reiterated that "the vote for the far right is in no way an option" and that "the people have nothing to gain from a victory for Marine Le Pen".

The voices of Fabien Roussel

“For the rest, the total responsibility for what will happen in the second round lies with the main protagonist, Emmanuel Macron”, underlined the deputy, who attributed to the outgoing president the “responsibility for the level in which the far right finds itself today. 'today'.

Adrien Quatennens also admitted that he had missed the LFI candidate the votes of the communist Fabien Roussel to pass in the second round in place of the RN Marine Le Pen.

“When you see that this morning Jean-Luc Mélenchon finishes at 22% and that Marine Le Pen is one point ahead of us, and that Fabien Roussel has 2.5 points, yes, we have undoubtedly missed his votes”, a-t- he says, recalling that the PCF had supported LFI in 2017 and 2012.

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  • Elections

  • Legislative elections

  • Jean-Luc Melenchon

  • Presidential election 2022

  • Adrien Quatennens

  • La France Insoumise (LFI)