In the event of a Nupes-RN duel in the second round of the legislative elections, the outgoing majority seems to have difficulty in positioning itself.
If Élisabeth Borne - at first - dismissed the "extreme" back to back, declaring at the end of the first round that "in the face of extremes, we will not give in", the Prime Minister then adjusted her aim by specifying that “Faced with the far right, we will always support candidates who respect Republican values”.
And to cite as an example the communist Fabien Roussel … the best enemy on the left of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Among the macronists claiming to be on the left, it was Clément Beaune, Secretary of State for European Affairs and candidate in the 7th constituency of Paris, who most clearly made it clear that he would choose a ballot stamped Nupes in the event duel against the RN, while Christophe Castaner, leader of the LREM deputies in the Assembly, indicated that "there are fights led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the Nupes in which I find myself perfectly".
“I never put the National Rally and LFI, or Nupes, on the same level,” recalled former Housing Minister Emmanuelle Wargon on BFMTV.
A vision that contrasts with that of his former government colleague Sarah El Haïry.
The spokesperson for the Modem indeed estimated on LCI that the Nupes "is the same thing" as the RN.
And Amélie de Montchalin, Minister for the Ecological Transition and candidate in the 6th constituency of Essonne, to drive the point home: "No voice for rebellious France, no voice for the extremes", she decided. on CNews.
“Among the rebellious candidates, there may be candidates who also find themselves in the values of the Republic”, then tried to qualify the Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal on France 5.
Faced with the confusion of the contradictory messages sent to its voters, the presidential majority recites on the radio and television sets elements of language hammering that the voting instructions were "very clear", as our zapping shows.