They were only two, there are now none left.
Sunday evening, the second round of the legislative elections erased Les Républicains from an electoral map;
that of Paris, where two of the 18 constituencies still belonged to them, five years after having already been greatly swept away by the Macronist wave.
A setback for the right-wing party, which nevertheless seems to limit the damage by losing only a third of its group at the national level.
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They failed.
Francis Szpiner (14th constituency) and Brigitte Kuster (4th constituency) were finally beaten, one in his election, two years after winning the town hall of the 16th arrondissement, the other in his re-election, despite his five years of experience .
They give way to two candidates from the presidential majority, Benjamin Haddad and Astrid Panosyan.
Paris divided between the majority and the Nupes
Two personalities that Nicolas Sarkozy had taken the time to meet during the campaign.
His meeting with Astrid Panosyan, which occurred in the middle of the week and during which the ex-president gave him “
advice
”, had also caused a strong reaction from his political family.
Which had denounced a "
betrayal ", and a "
shameful
" gesture
made at the expense of a 40-year-old friendship.
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The capital is therefore now divided into two camps: that of the macronists and that of the Nupes, which emerges victorious in many constituencies.
Results consistent with those of the presidential election, which had placed Emmanuel Macron and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the lead.
