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Guillaume Tabard: "By-elections, retreats... The other battle of the Marne"

2023-01-23T19:32:24.672Z


COUNTERPOINT – In Reims, during the second round of the partial legislative elections next Sunday, a pro-pension reform Macronist candidate will face an anti-reform RN deputy. The left faces a dilemma.


Are the by-elections a test for pension reform?

It is Jean-Luc Mélenchon who says so.

In Pas-de-Calais, where the outgoing PS is almost guaranteed to be re-elected in the second round next Sunday,

"a deputy against retirement at 65 is confirmed"

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In Charente, where the duel is uncertain between the outgoing Horizons and the LFI candidate,

"a new deputy against retirement at 65 is possible"

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We will be careful not to remind the three-time presidential candidate that the bill plans to postpone the legal age of departure to 64 and not 65… The main thing is that he himself concedes that the verdict of the ballot box counts as much as that of the street.

Of course, voters only voted on Sunday in three constituencies (out of 577).

And, as with any by-election, abstention there reached incredible levels (70.38% in the 8th district of Pas-de-Calais, 71.24% in the 1st district of Charente and 76.04% in the 2nd district). of the Marne).

But there is another constant of…

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Source: lefigaro

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