The presidential election is now far away. So far that, this Wednesday, June 8, from Clichy-sous-Bois, in Seine-Saint-Denis, Emmanuel Macron had to remind a schoolboy wishing him victory: “I have already won, now I have to work hard! » That day, the head of state re-elected with 58.55% of the vote on April 24, actually hinted that he had a lot to lose. Four days before the first round of the legislative elections, the presidential team is threatened by the left-wing alliance formed by the New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. So, to ensure a parliamentary majority and be able to “work well”, the President of the Republic no longer spares his efforts and attacks line by line the program of his adversary while castigating the attitude of the leader of the “rebellious”.
Visiting the city of Seine-Saint-Denis to inaugurate a “solidarity Dojo”, aimed at democratizing the practice of judo and sport in general, the Head of State therefore continued the late but intense campaign aimed at remobilize its voters in view of the elections on June 12 and 19. After having touched on the measures designed to support the health sector in danger, during a trip to Cherbourg (Manche) on May 31, and those aimed at school from Marseille, on June 2, Emmanuel Macron spoke on Wednesday to youth. To this youth from working-class neighborhoods often seduced by the speech of the “Gallic Chavez”, in the words of the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire.
Accused of having righted over his first five-year term, while capturing an older electorate, Emmanuel Macron no doubt intended to remind Jean-Luc Mélenchon that he did not have the “monopoly of the heart”. ” It’s great “, commented judoka Teddy Riner, happy that judo is thus highlighted.
Lack of imagination or continuity
The head of state’s haters will see in this visit to a city that concentrates many of the country’s ills the lack of imagination of a worried president. The others will underline the ” consistency “ and the “continuity” of the presidential project attached to the measures “concrete” et “visible”. A way of indirectly denouncing the “utopian” project, according to the macronists, of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. A man who, according to Emmanuel Macron and his supporters, would have allied with the Republican left to better mislead it. The Nupes would thus have the allure of a radical project which, like the far right led by Marine Le Pen, would lead the country “to disorder and submission”, as summarized by the Head of State in an interview with the regional daily press on 3 June.
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