Florian Philippot voted this Sunday in Forbach, Moselle. – PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP
Six years, an eternity. At the head of the first round of regional in the Grand-Est in 2015 (36.06% of the vote), Florian Philippot has this time tumbled. In 2021, he accumulated 7.79% of the vote in the region, according to the first provisional partial results provided by the prefecture.
A real snub for the former n ° 2 of the National Front, a party he left in September 2017 to found Les Patriotes. “It’s not a huge score, but it’s a considerable improvement (compared to polls). It marks the installation of a real sovereignist force ”, reacted on France 3 Florian Philippot.
The defeated candidate did not give any instructions for what to do next. “Nothing satisfies me in the offer. We will not merge, ”he announced, he who lost his last elected mandate last night.