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Partial legislative: the majority forced into a high-risk election in Pas-de-Calais

2021-05-31T03:54:01.564Z


DECRYPTION - Minister Brigitte Bourguignon puts her mandate as deputy back into play on Sunday. The executive is trying to reduce the scope of the ballot, as it promises to be perilous.


The exclamation mark of La République en Marche (LREM) has disappeared.

The name of Emmanuel Macron too.

In front of the posters pasted in the streets of Guînes (Pas-de-Calais), the passer-by would be almost unaware that Brigitte Bourguignon is a minister in the countryside.

The member of the government, in charge of Autonomy, has erased any national reference as the election promises to be perilous.

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A minister forced to put her seat as a deputy back into play, a risk of defeat for the majority, a National Rally (RN) conquering the lands of Marine Le Pen: Brigitte Bourguignon knows that her ballot, in the sixth constituency of Pas-de -Calais, is the most observed of the four legislative elections of May 30 and June 6.

The executive would have gone well with this electoral test, already postponed three times due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

He should also have been spared: when she was appointed to the government in July 2020, Brigitte Bourguignon had to hand over her seat to her deputy.

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Source: lefigaro

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