Marine Le Pen records her defeat, but immediately returns to the battlefield.
From the Arménonville pavilion, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the unfortunate candidate regretted “
a great wind of freedom
” which “
could have risen over the country
”.
The failure is not total, however: with 42% of the vote, according to the latest Ifop estimates, the nationalist evoked a “
historic score
”.
Above all, she has already announced the next step: that of the legislative elections.
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“
Despite two weeks of an unfair, brutal and violent method, similar to that suffered by the French on a daily basis, the ideas that we represent reach new heights one evening in the second round
”, first welcomed the contender RN , evoking, despite his elimination, "
a brilliant victory
".
“
Millions of French people have chosen the national camp and change
,” she said again.
Before addressing his “
deepest gratitude to all those who (him) trusted
”, and especially to “
compatriots from the provinces and the countryside, but also from overseas
”.
“A strong counter-power”
In front of activists chanting her name, the MP for Pas-de-Calais quickly opened a new chapter.
“
We proved those who foresaw our disappearance wrong
,” she rejoiced, while her campaign was sometimes jeopardized by the surprise arrival of Éric Zemmour (7%) on the nationalist niche.
"
I can't help but feel a kind of hope
," she continued.
To concretize this record vote in favor of her camp, Marine Le Pen therefore evoked the constitution "
of a strong counter-power to Emmanuel Macron
" and "
of an opposition which will continue to defend (the French) and protect them
" .
To do this, the contender already has her eyes fixed on the next legislative election, scheduled for June 12 and 19.
"
At the end of this presidential sequence, a great political recomposition is emerging with the erasure of the once dominant parties and the affirmation against the elites (...) of the national current as a real opposition
", she said. hoped.
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Marine Le Pen is therefore starting a new campaign, which she is already turning against the recently re-elected president.
According to her, the five-year term which opens "
will not break with the contemptuous and brutal practices of the previous
one ", and Emmanuel Macron "
will not do anything to repair the fractures which divide our compatriots
".
It is therefore a question of countering the latter, by trying to form an influential political group in the National Assembly, while the party to the flame only had eight elected members - seven today - during the term of office which affects at its end.
Completing her third presidential campaign there, Marine Le Pen announced that she would lead, alongside Jordan Bardella, this new electoral struggle.
"
More than ever, I will continue my commitment
," she told the crowd to the applause of the latter.
This deadline will also be done, she assures, in a logic of openness, since Marine Le Pen said she wanted to fight with "
all those who had the courage to oppose Emmanuel Macron
", as well as "
all those who have the nation pegged to the body
”.
“
The RN will work to unite all those, wherever they come from, to come together, to unite, in order to present and support candidates everywhere
,” she said, thus reaching out to people.
candidates outside the party to the flame.
“
Remember that there is no fatality when the French thwart the forecasts
”, still dropped the ex-candidate.