The National Rally saves the honor.
At the end of the first round of regional and departmental elections, which was held this Sunday, June 20, 2021, the flame party seems to come out on top in at least one region.
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According to the first estimates made by Ifop-Fiducial for TF1 / LCI, the RN candidate Aleksandar Nikolic would come first in Center-Val de Loire, with 24.5% of the vote.
He would therefore be very little ahead of outgoing PS president François Bonneau (23.2%), LR / UDI candidate Nicolas Forissier (19.5%), and Minister MoDem Marc Fesneau (16.4%).
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A novice in politics, never elected, the young 34-year-old lepenist had received a support visit from his champion on June 10. In Villandry (Indre-et-Loire), the former presidential finalist had expressed her "
enthusiasm
" and her "
great confidence
" in the chances of victory of her local candidate, who sometimes advises her on sports themes .