Focus on the legislative.
The day after Marine Le Pen's defeat (41.46%), his troops followed his example.
Like her, the figures of the RN are now turning to the next electoral deadline and trying to mobilize the French to obtain as many deputies as possible.
Invited Monday, April 25 on France 2, Sébastien Chenu affirmed the will of the party to the flame to "
embody the opposition
".
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“
Me, what I want (…) is that there is a sufficiently large group in the Assembly to oppose the policy of Emmanuel Macron which will be brutal
”, thus declared the spokesperson for the unsuccessful candidate.
“
We will have to work, to make speak another voice than that of an overwhelming majority.
It is we who must embody this opposition and who are the most capable of
it,” he insisted.
"Don't give this role to anyone else"
In 2017, only eight members of the National Rally were elected to sit at the Palais Bourbon - Sébastien Chenu being one of them.
This time, the member from the North wants to think bigger.
According to him, it is necessary to elect “
the greatest possible number
” of candidates, because “
we cannot return with eight deputies
”.
"
It would be a very strong democratic attack
," he said.
Before launching an appeal: “
Send as many as possible, a battalion of RN deputies to be the opposition.
Do not entrust this role to anyone else.
»
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At this stage, Marine Le Pen has indicated that she will lead the "
battle
" of the legislative elections alongside the party's interim president, Jordan Bardella.
The elected official did not however specify her desire, or not, to return to the campaign in her constituency of Pas-de-Calais.
“
She will announce it herself, I hope so, in any case
”, was content to comment on Sébastien Chenu.
Which did not fail to salute unpublished scores, "
far from the scores made by the National Front before
", and illustrating the "
capacity
" of the candidate to "
bring together even more widely
".
And to conclude: “
I believe that this is the goal she has set for herself in the future: to gather, gather, gather.
