We expected a close duel, with an uncertain outcome. The second round of regional Paca finally ended in a tidal wave for Renaud Muselier who retains his seat. For its part, the RN failed once again to win the region.
Renaud Muselier largely victorious
At 8:45 p.m., shortly after the closing of the polling stations, outgoing president LR, candidate for re-election, spoke triumphantly to his activists from his campaign headquarters in Marseille. “The result of this second round has contradicted all the polls and foiled all the forecasts, launches Renaud Muselier. Tonight I won and we won. “
A result that nobody expected, not even those around them, according to their enthusiastic and relieved reactions when the first estimates fell, around 8 p.m. “We won that one, but it wasn’t the easiest! “, Recognizes Renaud Muselier in front of his activists, before raising his fist to celebrate the victory.
Disappointment at the RN
It was one of the last hopes for Marine Le Pen’s party to take over a region. Despite a first position taken at the end of the first lap, Thierry Mariani did not manage to transform the test. While his competitor spoke very quickly, the RN candidate spoke late in the evening, with a certain bitterness. “Our list was beaten by a whole coalition system,” said Thierry Mariani, his face closed. And to launch: “I take my part in this defeat and I assume it, but what we are living is above all a defeat for democracy. “For the second time in a row, the RN fails to bring down the Paca region, after the withdrawal of the candidate from the left.
The determining left electorate?
Renaud Muselier’s first words sounded like equivocal messages to this left-wing electorate. “I would like to thank all those who gave me their voice, often beyond their political affiliations. Personalities like Bernard Tapie had also called to go to the polls in order to block the National Rally. Calls that paid off? After a record abstention rate, participation in Paca was up two points from the first round according to early estimates.
Questioned by France 3, Jean-Laurent Félizia said for his part “relieved” by the victory of Renaud Muselier. During his speech, Renaud Muselier pledged “on honor” to “making all the political forces heard within the hemicycle of the regional council”. During the in-between rounds, Renaud Muselier said he wanted to create a committee of about twenty people from the left.