In Indre-et-Loire, Macronist supporters spent election night in a private room in Villandry. Happy and relieved to see Emmanuel Macron re-elected for five more years at the Elysée. With 62.7% of the votes cast, his score is higher in Touraine than nationally.
“There was a fear about the rise of Marine Le Pen”, recognizes Abdoul Abdallah, the LREM referent in Indre-et-Loire. “If there was a lot of enthusiasm last night, there was above all a real relief. So it was not the time to show euphoria. We had a sense of responsibility and a lot of humility. Because let’s not forget the 28% abstention either, it means that we have not succeeded in uniting around us. So there is still a lot to do”.
First challenge: to reconcile and bring together the French people
After this first five-year term, “we see that there are fractures in the country, people who do not find themselves in our project. With the big overrun, we already had a presidential majority with several political nuances. Today, we must try to build a new era by trying to gather more broadly.
We must unite around important causes such as the climate, health, school or even institutions”
But not gather to gather. It must be done on important causes. On climate, health, school, and institutions. We can manage to federate much more broadly. The people asked for a little more power. That’s what we tried to do with the climate convention. And there, we must go further. Not just in reflection but also in the implementation of projects.
But what I also remember is that in the first round, where the voter chooses, we were chosen as first. It means that there is a greater majority who follow us. For the legislative elections, we must now represent our project, try to convince more widely and perhaps amend various measures.