Jacques Serais, edited by Thibault Nadal 4:33 p.m., June 16, 2022
Three days before the second round of the legislative elections, the macronie, which will face the Nupes in 276 constituencies, has decided to adopt a very offensive strategy against the left alliance.
In the ranks of the majority, the fear of not benefiting from an absolute majority in the National Assembly is increasingly feared.
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Emmanuel Macron has been in Ukraine since Thursday noon, alongside German Chancellor Olaf Schloz and Italian Mario Draghi.
This visit is widely criticized by part of the opposition, starting with the President of the Republicans Christian Jacob, who notably estimated on Europe 1 Thursday morning that obtaining a ceasefire between kyiv and Moscow, " will not go through a staging".
276 clashes between Nupes and Together!
in the second round
But this strategy is not surprising three days before the first round of legislative elections, since the parties are white-hot.
In the majority, the closer the election gets, the greater the fear of not obtaining an absolute majority.
So, the macronie is particularly offensive, mainly against their number 1 enemy, Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Nupes.
Indeed, the left alliance managed to qualify in the second round in 385 constituencies.
In most of them, 276 to be precise, the Nupes will face a candidate from the Ensemble! alliance, the confederation of Macronist parties.
Élisabeth Borne evasive
This is the first time that Emmanuel Macron has had to confront the left head-on.
Five years ago, the majority of Macronist candidates faced Republican candidates.
This new parameter confuses the tracks in the majority.
This forced Élisabeth Borne, the new Prime Minister, again clarified Wednesday evening on France 2 her position as to the voting instructions for the sixty constituencies which find themselves in the second round with the Nupes and the National Rally.
"No voice for the far right. Then there are candidates who defend the values of the Republic in this alliance of circumstance. These candidates, we support them, but when we face the National Rally of candidates who insult our police officers , who are ambiguous on secularism and who are in collusion with Russia, no, we are not going to vote for them”, she explained.
A double-edged strategy
But in this explanation, Elisabeth Borne gave no voting instructions.
This is the difficulty and the paradox of this situation for the macronie, who therefore finds himself firing red balls against the camp of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
And at the same time to explain that in the face of others, in this case the RN, if they respect the Republic, they would not be so irresponsible as that.