Marine Le Pen, beaten Sunday in the second round of the presidential election with around 42% of the vote, estimated that his score was “a resounding victory”. “The ideas we represent are reaching new heights (…) The result in itself represents a resounding victory,” she said from her electoral headquarters on Sunday evening, shortly after the publication of the estimates which gave Emmanuel Macron re-elected.
“Tonight we are launching the great electoral battle for the legislative elections. I will lead this battle alongside Jordan Bardella, with all those who had the courage to oppose Emmanuel Macron in the second round, with all those who have France pegged to the body, ”added the leader of the RN. “I will continue my commitment to France and the French,” promised the candidate of the National Rally: “I will lead this battle. »
“Today I have no resentment in this defeat”
“The RN will work to unite all those wherever they come from who want to come together and gather their forces against Emmanuel Macron in order to present or support candidates everywhere”, she launched. “Today I have no resentment in this defeat” and “I cannot help but feel a form of hope (…) This France too forgotten, we, we do not forget it”, underlined Mrs. The pen.
Asked on TF1 about the possible candidacy of Ms. Le Pen in the legislative elections, the president of RN Jordan Bardella hinted that she would seek re-election in the 11th district of Pas-de-Calais (Hénin-Beaumont / Carvin) . “She largely implied it. I am not speaking for her” but “I think she will be a legislative candidate in her popular constituency of Pas-de-Calais”, he said.
Beaten in 2007 and 2012 in this constituency of Hénin-Beaumont, a city where the RN achieves among its best electoral scores in France, Marine Le Pen became a deputy in the 2017 legislative elections.
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