The end of the regional;
the start of the presidential election.
While the last local election of the five-year term has just ended, all the political forces of the country are now looking towards the presidential election of 2022. And the situation seems far from being frozen in advance, according to an Ipsos-Sopra poll Steria for Radio France and France Télévisions published this Sunday.
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Although Emmanuel Macron (24% to 27%) and Marine Le Pen (24% to 26%) are given the lead in the first round in all configurations, a personality appears able to disturb this match.
This is Xavier Bertrand, who has just been reelected in his stronghold of Hauts-de-France.
Credited with 18%, he is best placed on the right, ahead of Valérie Pécresse (13%) and Laurent Wauquiez (13%).
Behind, the left is divided into three roughly equivalent blocks.
Yannick Jadot leads (10%) whatever the scenario.
The ecologist is ahead of the socialist Anne Hidalgo (8% to 9%), but also the rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon (7%).
This is one of the first times that the latter is given at the foot of the podium of his camp, while Fabien Roussel (PCF) tops out at 2.5%.