While the first round of the legislative elections is being held this Sunday, June 12, a debate concerning the 4th constituency of Calvados is organized this Tuesday (7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.) with the main candidates by France Bleu Normandie with Ouest France and Le Pays d’Auge in live and in public from Dives-sur-Mer.
This constituency located in the northeast of the department covers the cantons of Blangy-le-Château, Cabourg, Dozulé, Honfleur, Lisieux-1 (with the exception of the municipality of Lisieux), Ouistreham, Pont-l’Évêque and Trouville- on sea.
This debate took place in the presence of seven candidates (in alphabetical order)*:
- Patrick Beloncle (National Rally)
- Christophe Blanchet (outgoing MP, Ensemble / Modem)
- Florence Cothier (Reconquest)
- Louis Lagarde (Various right)
- Manuel Lorimier (Animalist Party)
- Sophie Gaugain (Conquering Normandy / LR)
- Pierre Mouraret (NUPES / PCF)
Listen to the debate from 7 p.m. on France Bleu Normandie
* Florence Perrin (UPF) and Patrick Poirot-Bourdain (LO) are also candidates but they did not appear at our editorial offices for this debate.
> The main political parties (in alphabetical order) :
- Together!, which brings together the parties of the presidential majority;
- NUPES, acronym for the New People’s Ecological and Social Union, an alliance between La France insoumise (LFI), Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV), the Socialist Party and the French Communist Party;
- The Republicans (LR);
- Labor Struggle (LO);
- animalist party;
- National Rally (RN);
- Reconquest! ;
- Union pour la France (UPF), which brings together the sovereignist political movements, Debout la France, Les Patriotes and Generation Frexit.
The challenges in Calvados and Orne
Voters are being called to ballot on 12th and 19th June next to elect the 577 deputies of the National Assembly. There are 61 candidates in Calvados and 30 candidates in Orne, divided into nine constituencies: six in Calvados and three in Orne.
What are the main issues of these elections in Calvados and Orne? Answer with Vincent Legrand, political scientist at the University of Caen, who answered questions from France Bleu Normandie.
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