Like Le Havre, where Les Républicains were unable to present a candidate, nearly fifteen municipalities of 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants find themselves in the same situation. This is the case for Foix, Guéret, Auch, Échirolles, Saint-Herblain, Cahors, Mende, Nevers, Wattrelos, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Liévin, Saint-Denis, Goussainville, Sarcelles… and Tourcoing, the city of Gérald Darmanin . So many situations which are explained by local realities: strong anchoring of the left, absence of leader to lead the LR list, local divisions or militant federation weakened after the various national defeats.
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"In Tourcoing or Le Havre, for example, we did everything to find candidates but we did not succeed," regrets an important elected LR. In Le Havre, the outgoing list decided to campaign behind Édouard Philippe. To avoid exclusion of the Republicans, the elected LRs who appear on its list - like the current mayor Jean-Baptiste Gastinne or the senator Agnès Canayer
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