From “normalization” to excessive rationalization;
with the risk of lack of ambition.
Coming out of a presidential campaign that allowed her to beat a historic record of votes for her party (41.45% in the second round), Marine Le Pen approaches the legislative elections in a logic that could not be more down to earth.
The exact opposite of the strategy adopted by his rival, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who seeks to ride on his momentum.
Because if, after having united all the left behind his name, the Insoumis now dreams of imposing cohabitation on Emmanuel Macron and already imagines himself at Matignon, the leader of the National Rally, she refuses to pretend to believe it.
Not even to compete with Nupes, and thus mobilize its base by artificially dangling an unattainable goal.
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Result, after having already made it clear in
Le Figaro
that she would probably not apply for the Elysée for the fourth time in 2027, the elected representative of Hénin-Beaumont (Pas-de-Calais), who is representing herself in her stronghold , does not claim to aim for any majority in the Assembly today.
Determination
Aware that Elisabeth Borne has a good chance of remaining Prime Minister, she is therefore content to set her troops the objective of "
at least
" 60 deputies.
“
To be able to be an opposition that is not legitimate but effective, we must have all the means at our disposal, which the Constitution gives us, to be able to be an efficient group.
And that's sixty minimum.
But that does not mean that we would not like more, of course…
”, she however specified in an interview with
La Provence
, to remove any misunderstanding about her determination, which remained intact according to her.
"
Me, I am combative.
I fight for the French, I fight for their purchasing power, I fight for their security, I fight for their freedom to be themselves - that is to say for our identity, for our values... And I will always fight.
And the day when I will no longer fight, I will stop.
That's it, it's as simple as that
, ”she continued, confirming that she would run for the presidency of the RN group at the Palais Bourbon, if her camp managed to reach the required threshold of 15 elected on June 19.
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This would be a first since the ephemeral parenthesis of 1986, and the abandonment of proportional representation to return at the time to the single-member ballot in two rounds, still in force today.
“
I come to say to the French “help me to help you”!
I can't do anything on my own either.
I did five years with six deputies, allow me to tell you that it is extremely complicated
, ”concluded Marine Le Pen.
With always the same message: “
Go vote!
For four years, there will be no more elections, apart from the European ones (from 2024).
This means that it is now that the next four years will be determined
.
Those that will lead straight to a presidential election in which Emmanuel Macron will not constitutionally be able to stand for re-election.
And for which Marine Le Pen seems to be looking for another dolphin than her nationalist enemy brother Éric Zemmour.
That's good: the RN has a "
very good party president called Jordan Bardella
", as RN spokesperson Laurent Jacobelli noted on LCP / Public Sénat / FigaroLive Monday evening.
"
I think he would make an excellent candidate
," he added.
But when, I don't know."