Some will slip a ballot for Emmanuel Macron into the ballot box and invite their voters to do the same. Others invite not to vote for Marine Le Pen, without calling to vote for the outgoing president. With the exception of Eric Zemmour and Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the majority of the unsuccessful candidates in the first round of the presidential election, Sunday April 10, wished “stop the far right” in the second round of the election.
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Came in first with 27.84% of the vote, according to the final results of the Ministry of the Interior published at midday on Monday, the Head of State will again face the candidate of the National Rally, who obtained 23, 15% of the votes cast.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon does not want “to give a single voice to Madame Le Pen”
The leader of La France insoumise, who came third with 21.95%, did not directly call for a vote for Emmanuel Macron, believing that the French are “able to know what to do. They are able to decide what is good for the country”. But to make things clear, Jean-Luc Mélenchon hammered home: “We must not give a single vote to Madame Le Pen! We must not give a single vote to Madame Le Pen! We must not give a single vote to Madame Le Pen! let us not hide the violence of disappointment, thinking of all that would have been undertaken and which will not be.”
Eric Zemmour calls for a vote for Marine Le Pen
The far-right candidate, who comes in fourth position with 7.07% of the vote, calls on his voters to postpone their vote on Marine Le Pen. “Because I think of France above all, I cannot stand idly by in the face of the evils that threaten our country. I have many disagreements with Marine Le Pen, I will not list them againdid he declare. But facing her, there is a man (…) who will do worse if he is re-elected. This is why I call on my voters to vote for Marine Le Pen.”
Valérie Pécresse “will vote in conscience” for Emmanuel Macron
While she had declared on France Inter that she would not give voting instructions, the Republican candidate qualified her speech on the evening of the first round. “The project of Marine Le Pen would lead to discord and bankruptcy. Its historical proximity to Vladimir Putin discredits it. Thus, despite the differences that I mentioned during the campaign, I will vote in conscience for Emmanuel Macron“, declared Valérie Pécresse, who collected only 4.78% of the votes, the worst score of the Republican right under the Fifth Republic.
“I am not the owner of the votes cast on my nameshe continued, but I ask the voters who have honored me with their confidence to weigh in the days ahead with seriousness the potentially disastrous consequences for our country of any different choice.”
Yannick Jadot calls for “depositing a Macron ballot in the ballot box”
The environmental candidate Yannick Jadot, who comes just behind Valérie Pécresse with 4.63%, also calls his voters “to block the far right by depositing a Macron ballot in the ballot box on April 24. Let no one minimize the threat from the far right!” “But our vote is not worth guaranteehe underlined in front of his militants. It is worth even less support. It is up to candidate Emmanuel Macron to create the conditions for a rally.”
Fabien Roussel calls on the French to “use the only bulletin” to beat Marine Le Pen
On Twitterthe candidate of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, who obtained 2.28% of the vote, goes in the same direction: “I will never allow Madame Le Pen to take power. We will never trivialize the far right and its ideas. I call on all French people to use the only ballot at our disposal to beat her in the second round.” “The extreme right has never been so strong in our Republic. The situation is serious”, had he reacted from his HQ.
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan calls for “blocking Emmanuel Macron”
The candidate of Debout la France, who is less well than five years ago with 2.06% of the vote, split a message on Twitter to support Marine Le Pen, with whom he had made an alliance between the two rounds in 2017. The sovereigntist called on his voters to “to block Emmanuel Macron”.
“Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our pains, there is the greatest glory in the world, that of the men who have not given in.” DeGaulle
I call on the French to do everything to block #Macron.
That’s why I will vote @MLP_official !
— N. Dupont-Aignan (@dupontaignan) April 10, 2022
Anne Hidalgo “calls to vote against the far right”
First to react, the socialist candidate, who achieved the worst score in the history of the PS with 1.75%, was very clear in her voting instructions. “So that France does not fall into the fight of all against all, I call on you to vote against the far right using the Emmanuel Macron ballot. (…) This choice in no way erases my convictions as a woman on the left”, she asserted.
Philippe Poutou believes that “not a voice should go to the far right”
The candidate of the New Anti-Capitalist Party, Philippe Poutou, who won 0.77% of the vote, did not give voting instructions to his supporters because, according to him, “Macron is in no way a dam to the far right. Worse, his policy feeds it”. But its “Voting instruction is clear: not a vote should go to the far right”, launched the former Ford worker. And to hammer: “However, we will not give instructions to vote in favor of Macron, because he is an arsonist firefighter whose policies are one of the causes of the rise of the RN.”
Statement by Philippe Poutou following the 1st round of the presidential election https://t.co/eGNQdmtVn2
— Philippe Poutou (@PhilippePoutou) April 10, 2022
Nathalie Arthaud does not give voting instructions
The Lutte Ouvrière candidate, who closes the ball with 0.56% of the vote, did not give a vote from her HQ: “Already, Macron is posing as a bulwark against the far right. Lies! His five-year term has strengthened him. The hatred of Macron in the working classes has pushed the most disoriented voters into the arms of Le Pen. His re-election will not Fascist forces will disappear. On the contrary: these will find a reinforced vigor, which will push Macron even more towards the right”, declared Nathalie Artaud from her HQ before concluding: “Workers do not have to endorse their future oppressor with their vote.”