“You can’t give Le Pen any voice,” left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon said, and Pécresse, Jadot, Hidalgo and Roussel have spoken out in a similar vein.
The passage to the second round of the far-right candidate for the French presidential election, Marine Le Pen, was received this Sunday with a general appeal from the defeated candidates to abandon their candidacy in favor of the current head of state, Emmanuel Macron.
“Le Pen should not have any vote,” said leftist leader Jean-Luc. melenchonwho, according to the first estimates of the vote, finished in third place with 21.2%, behind Macron (28.3%) and Le Pen (23.3%).
In the same vein, the conservative Valérie pecresseconnected with environmentalist Yannick jadot by 4.8%.
Macron: “I reach everyone”
“I will vote for Macron to prevent Le Pen from coming to power and the ensuing chaos,” he said. “I do not own the votes received, but I ask my constituents who have honored me with their confidence to weigh in the coming days the potentially disastrous consequences for our country and future generations of any decision different from mine” she added.
the socialist Anne Hidalgofacing a historic setback for his party, at just 1.7%, has admitted his own defeat and has also asked for support for Macron.
These results and the high abstention rate show a divided France with the far right at the gates of power: “I ask you to vote against Le Pen’s far right,” the Paris mayor said.
Le Pen asks “all who have not supported Macron” to vote
This need for unity against the National Association representative was shared by the environmentalist Jadot and by the communist Fabien Roussel (2.4%)
The only one who has clearly spoken in favor of Le Pen is the far-right Éric zemourwho, according to initial estimates, received 7.2% of the vote in this first round.
Macron triumphs in first round of presidential election for Le Pen
“There is a man before her who has admitted two million immigrants, who has not said a word about security and immigration in the campaign. I will not be the wrong opponent,” he concluded for his militancy.
He has also announced his support for Le Pen Nicolas Dupont–Aignan (2.1%).
Source: EITB
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