Republicans are smiling.
At the end of the second round of regional elections, the right-wing party retained its six regions, except Reunion.
What makes Christian Jacob, the president of LR, say that the right is
"today clearly the only force of alternation"
of the country.
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"
It's a great victory for us Republicans,
"
he said.
According to Christian Jacob, this second round acts
"a collapse of the National Front (sic)"
, while the party of Marine Le Pen has not won any region.
And
"a humiliation for La République en Marche"
, since the presidential movement was struggling in all regions, and never able to win.
Christian Jacob notably recalled that the right had won
"municipal, senatorial, partial legislative, departmental and regional"
.
Auspicious therefore, according to him, for the presidential election.
