One in Caen, the other in Vire. The leader of the New Popular, Ecologist and Social Union, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, are engaged in a remote duel for Calvados on Wednesday, June 8, four days before the first round of the legislative elections. The leader of the Insoumis, who called on the French to have him appointed head of government by giving a majority to Nupes, goes to Caen to hold his last big meeting there before the first round on Sunday. Jean-Luc Mélenchon will support the young LFI candidate Noé Gauchard, 22, who is running in the 6th constituency of Calvados against Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, whose place he wishes to take at Matignon.
The head of government is going to a public meeting in Vire at the end of the afternoon. After the first results for the constituencies of French people living abroad, whose results for the first round have already come out, the majority have chosen to speed up the campaign in the home stretch before the first round, especially since the polls predict that the absolute majority is not acquired. Follow our live.
Marine Le Pen in the south. For her part, Marine Le Pen is expected in the south, on lands that were favorable to her during the presidential election, where the candidates of the National Rally will try to transform the trial against the contenders of the Nupes and the presidential majority. In the Pyrénées-Orientales, the RN candidate was ahead of Emmanuel Macron by nearly 13 points in the second round of the presidential election, with 56.33% of the vote. She then moves to Agde, in the neighboring department of Hérault, in a constituency where she had reached 60.14%.
The Republicans in Ain, facing Damien Abad. On the right, the boss of the Republicans Christian Jacob goes to Oyonnax, to support Julien Martinez, 33, party candidate in the 5th district of Ain against outgoing Damien Abad, excluded from LR after joining the government by Elisabeth Borne. The current Minister of Solidarity is playing his political future during this election. In the turmoil after accusations of rape, the only big take on the right of the macronie will have to resign from the government if he does not manage to keep his stronghold where he had won hands down in 2017 under the LR label.