Alexis Delafontaine 7:30 a.m., June 14, 2022
A few days before the second round of the legislative elections, the Nupes is trying everything to convince abstainers and young people to vote this Sunday.
The left alliance is trying to turn the ballot into a referendum for or against Emmanuel Macron.
The presidential majority having come out on top in the first round.
"We are told in a poll that 65% of French people do not want Mr. Macron to have the majority - there are 25 million abstainers, so we can think that we have a chance of convincing."
A few days before the second round of the legislative elections, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is trying to mobilize the French electorate behind the Nupes, an alliance of the left.
The leader of La France insoumise evokes the retirement at 65 proposed by Emmanuel Macron and wants to seduce: "If you want retirement at 60, you have to vote for us," he said.
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An anti-Macron strategy
The figures are revealing.
In all, 54% of his presidential voters abstained during the first round of legislative elections, according to a poll conducted by the Ifop institute for
Paris Match
.
So all the members of Nupes repeat it: "it will very clearly be project against project".
For the union of the left, this Sunday, it will be necessary to choose on purchasing power, pensions and ecology.
But the rebellious leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon also wants to transform this second round into an anti-Macron referendum.
He multiplies the attacks against the macronie, first by denouncing shenanigans on the results of the first round.
Charges which target the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, on the attribution of political nuances, then on the differences within the majority on the Republican barrage against the National Rally.
It remains to be seen whether this "all anti-Macron" strategy will pay off on Sunday evening, June 19.