He wanted to believe it.
Him, the former Minister of National Education, holder of the record for longevity in the post, finally not renewed in the new government, which was confronted for the first time with universal suffrage.
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Finally, Jean-Michel Blanquer, who was running for the 4th constituency of Loiret, was eliminated in the first round, gathering only 18.86% of the vote (based on 84% of registered voters), according to figures from the Ministry of l 'Interior.
A slap for this former rising star of macronie to whom the voters of this territory, won over to the right for sixty years and who placed Marine Le Pen in the lead in the two rounds of the presidential election, preferred the candidate of the National Rally, Thomas Spared (30.8%).
Which will face the communist candidate of Nupes Bruno Nottin (19.98%).
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It's official, with 189 votes, we leave Jean-Michel Blanquer
," said the latter on Twitter.
Ariel Lévy, who appeared under the label Les Républicains, finally occupies 4th place (14.20%).
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“A real political battle”
Jean-Michel Blanquer's campaign will have been complicated.
Very complicated.
Originally from Paris, his opponents immediately criticized him for his controversial record, his parachuting and his ignorance of the department.
In addition, there have been a few missteps and unfortunate episodes.
Starting with his difficulty in justifying the meaning of his candidacy for Montargis, first.
Asked about BFMTV, Jean-Michel Blanquer then explained, elliptically: “
This department is typical of this Center region which is so significant in France, with historical and geographical qualities, a very great richness of its history.
The former minister was then sprayed with foam by two teachers, while he was towing on the Montargis market.
“You know,
confided the candidate of Ensemble!
campaigning for
Le Figaro
,
I received so much violence for five years that there, I don't feel like I was particularly targeted.
" Publicly supported by Emmanuel Macron, Jean-Michel Blanquer wanted to be lucid:
"It's a real political battle."
A battle he ultimately lost.