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Return match between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, the second round battle launched
Jupiter in orbit. Outgoing President Emmanuel Macron came out on top in the first round of the 2022 presidential election with 27.6% of the vote, according to Ipsos-Sopra Steria estimates for France Télévisions for France Télévisions, ahead of Marine Le Pen, who garnered 23.0. % of votes. The two candidates are throwing themselves into battle on Monday for the second round of April 24, this time with a postponement of the decisive left votes after the good score of Jean-Luc Mélenchon as well as the debacle of the PS and LR. Because if Emmanuel Macron scored higher than in 2017 (27-28% against 23-24% for Marine Le Pen), the gap with his far-right rival promises to be tighter in the second round, with a score between 54% and 51% against 46%-49%, according to polls carried out on Sunday after the first round.
Collapse in the historic PS and LR parties
A slap for Valérie Pécresse. The Republican right had never fallen so low since the beginning of the Fifth Republic. “It’s a disaster, breathes Jules, 22, by our side. We expected defeat, but not to this extent. We don’t even know if we’re going to be reimbursed, it’s crazy! » Our report to read here.
A historic failure for Anne Hidalgo. “For the PS and its candidate, it is a total disavowal”. In Lille, in the North, we do nothing like the others. In the polling stations of this socialist stronghold, it was Jean-Luc Mélenchon who came out on top. Optimism has its limits and the latest polls had not helped to galvanize the crowds. And when the Lille results fell, giving Anne Hidalgo around 2%, no one fell from their chair. Read our report here.
Tears and hope at Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s HQ
“The younger ones will tell me, we didn’t make it… It’s not far, huh? Do better! “It is on these sweet and bitter words that Jean-Luc Mélenchon abandons the microphone, this Sunday evening, in an overexcited atmosphere. The leader of La France insoumise leaves the stage and all hope of becoming President of the Republic to loud applause and cries of “Resistance! “. Some activists, however, do not hide their tears… or their disappointment. At 8 p.m. sharp, when the results were announced on a giant screen, the esplanade in front of the Cirque d’Hiver (Paris 11th) was black with people. Young people, especially, a few gray hairs, a handful of children and activists who shout when the result is displayed on the big screen. Read our report here.