The first round of municipal elections will take place in six weeks. But some parties have already decided to take a stand in cases where the National Rally (RN) is in a position to win a city. A hypothesis far from being theoretical as the push of the party of Marine Le Pen is sensitive on all the territory with chances to conquer cities like Perpignan or Nîmes.
A scenario against which the other political parties, which in most cities leave in a dispersed order, must determine themselves as the probability of triangular, quadrangular, even even quangangular is high. “Unlike the legislative elections which oblige the candidates to gather 12.5% of the registered to be able to remain in the second round, it suffices for the municipal ones to collect 10% of the only voters to be able to be present in the next round. The question of the republican front and therefore of a possible withdrawal to block the RN becomes essential ”, explains Pierre Jouvet, the“ election mister ”of the socialist party.
The party led by Olivier Faure also meets today Saturday in Paris a National Council intended to launch the municipal and to clarify the strategy of the PS. "The First Secretary will insist above all on the need for a social and ecological alternative from the first round," insists a relative of Olivier Faure. “In 2014, during the previous election and also at the 2015 regional elections, the PS always decided in favor of a republican front. There is no reason why this strategy should change this year, ”added a party official. A decision which, however, was only formalized after the first round ...
"We will not favor the election of a party representing the extremes"
For its part, La République en Marche will also officially present its strategy on Saturday in the Var, a department where the RN is very present. No question of appealing to the "republican front", a "somewhat overused notion", they say within the party. On the other hand, Stanislas Guerini, general delegate of the Macronist party, will claim a "republican choice. "… Another name to say the same thing:" This means that our candidates will take all their responsibilities so as not to elect the candidates of the National Rally, "said one in the entourage of the party boss.
This day will be placed under the sign of mobilization against the RN. Stanislas Guerini will go first to Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, then to Saint-Raphaël where the elected officials of the department will explain how “they fight daily against the RN. On the side of the Republicans, it is emphasized that the line is always the same. "We will not favor the election of a party representing the extremes," said a relative of Christian Jacob, the party's boss. As for the Greens, "there are no rules or instructions on the part of the party," says one in the direction of EELV. Decisions will be made locally. What is beyond doubt is that we will always do everything to make the RN lose. "