A few very hushed applause, a handful of relieved “phews”, a lot of “Here you go!
” without much enthusiasm… At 8 p.m. in the many brasseries of the Porte d’Auteuil, in this 16th arrondissement where Éric Zemmour’s Reconquête party had offered its best score in the capital, with 17.5% of the vote and third place on the podium in the first round, Emmanuel Macron's victory was "obvious".
Few were those who expected a massive transfer of votes on the RN candidate, whose 5.2% in the first round brought the far right to more than 13% in the capital, making the 16th arrondissement the most inclined. to vote for Marine Le Pen (5.8% in the first round).
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"Me, it didn't scare me so much, people are not ready for someone who risks creating divisions between people, between communities", affirms for example Nicolas, 38, valet at the Brasserie d'Auteuil. .
On the terrace, we sip cocktails and beers, no one changes the world because "it was obvious, even if we can wonder why people who voted for Fillon five years ago, so the good republican right, n did not hesitate to shift towards the populism of Zemmour, the far right”, ask Simon and Baptiste, two relatively calm friends before and after the first results.
"Zemmour has refocused Le Pen, but the background remains the same," say the two 26-year-olds.
“Macron elected at less than 60%, I am disappointed anyway, admits Baptiste.
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“What worries is the score of extremes among young people”
Paris is therefore not yet ready to slip into the extreme, but until when?
“There is no risk now, but when we see the progress, we can wonder what we will have, and what we will do in five years, in ten years?
“, alarmed Baptiste.
“The progression is worrying, also deplore Mélanie and Sabine, seated at the Moulin d’Auteuil with a beer and their mobile phone.
“What is also worrying is to see the score of the extremes among young people, around us there are many young people who voted in the extremes”.
Among politicians, while waiting for the details of the Parisian figures, the second round does not surprise.
“Honestly, if we take the previous polls, the RN did not make big scores, underlines Philippe Izraelewicz, leader for Paris of the Reconquest party of Éric Zemmour.
“I therefore did not expect a big score or big reports, for a party which does not have a charismatic leader in Paris, which does not go to the markets, in front of people, unlike us”, tackles the coordinator of Éric Zemmour's campaign in Île-de-France.
"And Paris is different, people who are closer to the ideas of Éric Zemmour do not find themselves in those of Marine Le Pen".