Shunned by voters, the ballot boxes have nevertheless spoken.
At the end of a regional and departmental ballot marked by a record abstention, the photograph of the electoral landscape becomes clearer.
The presidential majority stumbles, the right resists, the National Gathering coughs, the left falters, environmentalists settle down.
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For Emmanuel Macron, it's a setback.
The President of the Republic who had dispatched fifteen ministers to the battle sees his troops painfully reaching 10% at the national level, nowhere in a position to negotiate their support to elect a candidate against the RN.
It's a setback, the right will not need them to keep or win regions.
In this election halfway between local and national issues, the former won.
Judging at least by the strong scores achieved by the presidents in place, many of whom come out largely in the lead at the end of the first round: Xavier Bertrand in Hauts-de-France, Laurent Wauquiez in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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