It is a chiaroscuro ballot for the left.
On the “clear” side, it is that at the end of the first round of regional elections, the left is resisting.
At the national level (Ipsos estimates), all parties combined, his score reached around 35%, a result comparable to that (36%) achieved during the first round of regional elections in 2015. It is the Socialists who have the most reasons to stand up for themselves. to rejoice.
They lead the left-wing parties with 17.6% of the vote, ahead of the ecologists (12.5%) and La France Insoumise (4.2%).
A failure for Jean Luc Mélenchon who, from this Sunday evening called for "a commission of inquiry on the conditions in which the vote took place", pointing out the many dysfunctions observed during the campaign (poor distribution of professions of faith, especially). In addition, the “bonus for leavers” has, as for the LR, benefited the rose movement which retains its five metropolitan presidencies. A very comfortable “victory” for Carole Delga (40%) in Occitanie, but closer for Alain Rousset (28.6%), in New Aquitaine, François Bonneau (25.6%) in Center-Val de Loire, Marie -Guite Dufay (26.6%) in Burgundy - Franche-Comté and Loïg Chesnais-Girard (20.8%) in Brittany. “There is nothing fatal! welcomed Olivier Faure, the first secretary of the PS.The demonstration is made that the French do not support either the party of Emmanuel Macron, or the party of Marine Le Pen. "
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Voters are far from having voted for the left.
Even united, it collects less than 20%, as in the Hauts de France, where the list led by the ecologist Karima Delli only reaches about 18% of the votes, and in Paca, where Jean-Laurent Felizia barely exceeds the 15%.
Another disappointment, the Greens may well anchor themselves in the political landscape, they have not achieved a performance comparable to that of the last municipal or European. "We achieve a national cumulative score of 12.5%, against 7% in 2015, we can not call it a failure", defends an EELV official. It prevents ! Environmentalists will find it difficult to conquer the Pays de la Loire, the only region that was within their reach. In addition, Matthieu Orphelin (18.6%, the best score of the Greens in all of France), arrived at the head of the left, in this region, is, against all expectations, followed by Guillaume Garot (16.6%), the former minister of François Hollande.
The left and the ecologists are tonight the first political force in the country.
They must gather everywhere for the second round.
This gives us an immense responsibility to prepare the future of the country and build work-study programs.
- Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) June 20, 2021
If it remains insufficient to win, the union of the left is nevertheless essential to challenge the right. In Ile-de-France, where Julien Bayou, the leader of EELV, is ahead of the other leftist lists (13.7%), the socialist Audrey Pulvar (11.2%) and the rebellious Clémentine Autain (10%) , negotiations began last night to merge the lists behind the first arrival. The mayor of Paris (PS), Anne Hidalgo, called on Twitter "in responsibility for a large gathering of left-wing forces and environmentalists", alongside the head of the EELV list of Julien Bayou. "We are going to meet with Audrey Pulvar, Clémentine Autain and their teams in the coming hours to bring us together before the second round", specifies Julien Bayou.
In Brittany, however, a dilemma arises for the socialist Loïg Chesnais-Girard. Will he choose to merge with the ecologists, their natural partner, or LREM, supported by a Breton "of weight", Richard Ferrand, the president of the National Assembly. As for Paca, the united list led by the Green Felizia refuses to withdraw by taking the risk of passing Mariani. And taking the opposite view of Olivier Faure, who has never ceased to hammer home the need for a republican front in the event of an RN threat. Which does not bode well for a future agreement on a rally candidate for 2022.
