Disappointment in the camp of the Republicans. Shortly before the lists were submitted to the prefecture on Tuesday evening, Martine Vassal took note of a situation which will complicate the battle for the second round. For the right, the risk of losing the second city of France is growing. Candidate LR has already launched a massive mobilization of voters to try to win a fourth sector but before hoping to take this step, she will have to make sure that she can keep her first place in the three sectors generally acquired at the right, south of the city.
" It's the time of choice for Marseille, " wrote the president of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis late Tuesday, considering that the lists were closed and that the campaign could now begin. “ Marseille is won sector by sector. We will impose ourselves and win six sectors. Do not believe those who predict a defeat announced in the 1st and 2nd sectors ", assured the president of Bouches-du-Rhône who had achieved the feat of delighting this department anchored to the left for decades.
While pointing out the danger of a victory for the “ ultra-left ” in Marseille, after 25 years of Gaudin's reign, she castigated “ the assurance of a risky and adventurous ” governance . " I cannot bring myself to see part of the city fall into the hands of the rebellious, into the hands of Mr. Mélenchon's friends ... I don't want to believe that chaos can be a way of life ", a- she insisted. She noted that the LREM party as the dissident Bruno Gilles remained deaf to his calls to " responsibility ".
Martine Vassal is counting on the mobilization of right-wing voters who had missed the call in the first round. In her statement, the elected official did not mention the names of the dissident Bruno Gilles, with whom the climate remains tense, or of the Walker Yvon Berland who decided to stay on his lands in the 4th sector where a quadrangular is taking shape. The candidate considers herself to be the target of maneuvers intended to bring her down. In saying this, she is directly targeting Senator Gilles, whom she accuses of enduring, and the leader of the Walkers, Yvon Berland.
She is betting on a campaign turned towards the Marseillais by putting the Printemps Marseille and the National Rally in the same bag of " extremes " and promising to " kick " them out of " beautiful city ". “ June 28 is the time of choice for Marseille! She warned.