Regional: in Ile-de-France, Valérie Pécresse won the first round

Valérie Pécresse (Libres!), Candidate for her succession in Île-de-France (IDF), came very far in the lead with more than 34% of the vote, far ahead of her main opponent, Jordan Bardella (RN), who collected just under 14%, a split left and LREM.

“With this first lap, a dynamic is engaged, but we must make it even stronger.

I need a clear majority to lead our region, ”she declared in her speech, delivered from her HQ in rue de Turin, in Paris (8th arrondissement).

She was surrounded by her relatives, Florence Portelli, mayor of Taverny (Val-d'Oise) and vice-president (LR) of the regional council, Geoffroy Didier, European deputy (LR) and running mate, or even Marie-Dominique Aeschlimann, regional councilor (LR).

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“These first results are recognition of the work done by my entire team in the service of Ile-de-France residents for six years. Yes, we made the region take the course of security and the values ​​of the Republic, the course of the ecology of results, the course of recovery and employment, the course of justice and reduction territorial and social fractures. This is how I pushed back the far right, through my steadfastness, my values ​​and my commitment to rural areas that had hitherto been abandoned, ”she continued.

While she will find herself in the second round facing a left (EELV, PS and LFI-PCF) united around the ecologist Julien Bayou, the outgoing president of the Île-de-France region warned voters.

“In front of us, we will find a coalition of a radical left which includes the extreme left of Mr. Mélenchon.

That left has lost its Republican compass.

She voted against our charter of secularism, against our security shield and against the ban on burkini on leisure islands.

She defends "racialized" meetings.

It imposes a punitive and anti-social ecology that attacks all cars instead of fighting pollution.

She wants to lock our young people in the assistantship, when we want to lead them to employment, ”she lambasted.

"By voting RN or LREM, it is to elect this extreme left"

His supporters marched in front of the cameras to affirm loud and clear that Valérie Pécresse was the only answer to the economic, health and social crisis, and to encourage voters to come out in greater numbers on Sunday, June 27. "It is not only an assessment that we are proposing, it is a project for the future of Île-de-France," insisted Robin Reda, deputy (LR) and head of the Essonne list.

“Next Sunday, Ile-de-France residents will decide their future.

To abstain or disperse the votes, by voting RN, or even by voting LREM, is to elect this extreme left.

It is indeed a choice of society.

It is in your hands!

In the IDF region which is a small France, we are demonstrating this evening that the coherence, the work and the values ​​of the Republic are the ways of hope.

Next Sunday, I am determined to make them triumph, ”called Valérie Pécresse.

The outgoing president has indicated that she will table the same list and the same program.

“We don't need LREM.

We don't want a second-round arrangement.

We have always been clear, ”recalled Florence Portelli.

Out by far victorious in the first round, but faced next Sunday with three other lists, Valérie Pécresse has not yet won, because facing a left, who gathered weighs almost as much as she is, she is not guaranteed to capture the votes of the voters of the RN and LREM who are maintained.