This blow of the mistral in the regional countryside reversed all the expected patterns.
Those who prided themselves on being "amateurs", the macronists, have shown that they know how to play tacticians.
With an excess of self-confidence which may end up turning against them.
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Less than two months before the election, LREM was indeed in a weak position.
In Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (South region) as in most French regions.
Very few victories in prospect, and, in most cases, not even the assurance of reaching the minimum threshold to qualify for the second round.
At best, the presidential party could play the referee, but more often it prepared to play the auxiliary.
At worst, he was getting ready to make up.
A situation to say the least inconvenient for a party in power.
This opening did not bother the leaders of LR since it was organized around the right.
Because, in this hypothesis, LREM, even in the event of a common list, was only an additional force.
It was then that the Macronists remembered Jean Cocteau's maxim: "These mysteries are beyond us, let us pretend to be their organizers."
So they picked up speed
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