Presidential: in Le Havre, how Macron intends to seduce the electorate of Mélenchon and Jadot

Jacques Serais, edited by Gauthier Delomez 06:13, April 14, 2022

ANALYSIS

Emmanuel Macron alongside Édouard Philippe this Thursday.

The president-candidate is going to Le Havre, a city administered by its former Prime Minister, to visit in particular a wind turbine production plant at sea ten days before the second round of the presidential election.

His program plans to provide France with 50 offshore wind farms by 2050. This trip on the theme of ecology is therefore for him a way of pursuing his strategy of seducing the voters of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Yannick Jadot in this in-between rounds.

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Emmanuel Macron also intends to defend his record and convince left-wing voters that he is much greener than his opponent, Marine Le Pen.

He is betting that his proposals for the environment can push some of the Mélenchonists to mobilize, while the rebellious candidate came out on top in Le Havre during the first round, with 30% of the vote against 27.53% for the president. outgoing.

Take into account the Mélenchon and Jadot vote

His campaign team is already honing in on the discourse.

"Emmanuel Macron is 50 billion euros of investment in the ecological transition each year", we insist at his HQ, where Marine Le Pen is straightforwardly described as "climate-skeptic".

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Will this be enough to convince the fringe of voters who regularly vilify in the street the climate inaction of the outgoing president?

“You have to be able to acknowledge receipt of the signal sent by the Mélenchon and Jadot vote,” says someone close to the candidate.

Emmanuel Macron promises to enrich his program in ecological matters.

After letting go of the pension reform, perhaps he will take another step to the left.