Among them are the president's friend and Le Pen's sister

Relatives and friends of political leaders are candidates in the French Parliament elections

  • Marine Le Pen (left) supports her sister for membership in Parliament.

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  • Melenchon supported many of his associates in the nominations.

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France is on a date with hot legislative elections, days later, and the competition between the Republican right and the hard left is heating up.

Meanwhile, favoritism from relatives and friends has become the hallmark of recent nominations.

Sebastien Delugo, the personal driver of the leftist leader, Jean-Luc Melenchon (the third in the last presidential election), was nominated on the list of the "France Proud" party, in the Bouches-des-Rhone department.

Melenchon hopes to become prime minister if his party wins enough seats in the National Assembly-parliament.

He also supported the candidacy of his son-in-law, Gabriel Amard, in the Rhône province, which is considered a historical stronghold of the Socialists.

His chancellor, Sophia Chikeru, is also running in the 6th arrondissement of the capital, Paris;

Melenchon's campaign manager, Manuel Bombar, is running in the fourth district.

nepotism and favoritism

Nepotism and nepotism are not limited to the "France Proud" party, but also include other formations, including the president's party.

Marie Caroline, the older sister of the leader of the National Front, Marine Le Pen, is running;

In the sixth district of the Haute de Seine.

Caroline Parmontier, a close confidant of Le Pen, competed in District 9 in Baducallier.

Even within the ruling Republic on the Move party, which was recently renamed Ennahda, at the request of President Emmanuel Macron, Marc Ferracci, a childhood friend of the president and witness to his marriage to Brigitte, was nominated.

While the son of the former president's chief of staff, Pierre Cazeneuve, competes in the seventh district, in "Haut d'Austin".

As for Pierre Baudis, he is running for the "Together" list in the Haut-Garonne province, in an attempt to preserve the seat occupied by his father and grandfather.

majority

Despite this, Macron is looking forward to an outright majority in the next National Assembly, as was the case in his first term.

According to opinion polls, his Ennahda party and its allies on the "Together" list will get between 27 and 28 percent of the vote in the first round.

 Marie Caroline, the older sister of the leader of the National Front, Marine Le Pen, is running;

In the sixth district of the Haute de Seine.

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