Macron's victory: what Mélenchon voters expect from the re-elected president

Yohann Tritz, edited by Laura Laplaud 10:41 a.m., April 25, 2022

On the left, the voters of La France insoumise will be very attentive to the first steps of the re-elected president.

Emmanuel Macron had given a helm to the left: exit retirement at 65, promise of a green shift also with the appointment of a Prime Minister in charge of ecological planning... In Montreuil, where Jean-Luc Mélenchon is arrived in the lead in the first round, the voters of La France insoumise hope that the outgoing president will take their vote into account.

"This is not a membership vote"

There was not really any suspense during the counting in Montreuil.

In this popular city in the Paris suburbs, Emmanuel Macron won 83% of the votes cast on Sunday evening.

The President of the Republic took advantage of the postponement of the votes of the electorate of Jean Luc Mélenchon.

Gaëtanne, for example, voted for the candidate of La France insoumise in the first round and then Emmanuel Macron in the second.

She now hopes her vote will count.

"Let him also take a step towards the other part of the electorate who undoubtedly voted for him, what I expect from him is to have more social and ecological measures", confides- she.

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A hope that is not shared by Louise, who she resigned herself to vote by default.

"It's so not a vote of membership and conviction...", she breathes.

"We again blocked the far right, we hesitated until the second round, a few hours before the vote, now we are waiting for the third round in the legislative elections by mobilizing widely for Jean-Luc Mélenchon."

The city of Montreuil experienced record abstention, 34%, or 3 points more than in 2017.