The approach of the second round of the legislative elections – June 19, 2022 – increases the tension on the television sets. On BFMTV, Maxime Switek and Aurélie Casse struggled to restore order to the debate, while on France 2, Léa Salamé and Laurent Guimier also had a lot to do with their guests. Indeed, with Mathilde Panot, LFI deputy for Val-de-Marne, François Bayrou, president of the MoDem, Jean-François Copé, LR mayor of Meaux and Philippe Ballard, spokesperson for the RN, there were many points of disagreement. The war in Ukraine, security, justice, purchasing power, medical deserts, the public hospital or even global warming were discussed with passion by the speakers. During the exchanges, the tone was able to rise and the murderous sentences did not miss, like that addressed to the Insoumise present. What she did not hesitate to answer.
After listening to it, Philippe Ballard reacted to Mathilde Panot’s remarks about the police with a virulent statement: “I listen to you, you are scary. You are really scary.“A word that does not leave his political adversary indifferent:”It’s my honor to scare the RN [ou FN ? NDLR]The politician goes on to attack him for his rapprochement with Philippe Poutou, whose statements about the police have sparked controversy: “You are scary. And I think you are also very dangerous, you don’t like France“Then follow the unavoidable controversial question of the burkini and the disarmament of the police.”In demonstration. As is the case in many European countries“, wishes to specify the activist LFI.
The first round of the legislative elections saw Together! and the Nupes arrive neck and neck while the RN is positioned in third force. In this setting, Mathilde Panot is becoming more and more a major figure of the rebellious and the Nupes. “Faithful among the faithful of the leader of the Insoumis, this thirty-year-old, who should be re-elected on Sunday in the 10th constituency of Val-de-Marne in the second round of the legislative elections, will play a central role within the Nupes in the future National Assembly“, wrote about him The Parisian. For his part, Philippe Ballard is a former journalist who had recently officiated at LCI. He is now a candidate for the legislative elections in Oise, running for the seat of the second Beauvais-Ouest constituency today occupied by Agnès Thill (ex-LREM).