The high abstention – this time, 65% – has once again been the dominant note in the second round of the regional elections in France, in which the poor prospects that Marine Le’s party brought so much for this day have been confirmed. Pen as the presidential majority of Emmanuel Macron. The day has closed with the endorsement of the triumph of the traditional right, which takes muscle in its local implantation, and of the left, also divided, yes, between socialists and environmentalists.
Marine Le Pen’s Agrupación Nacional (AN) party has not won any region, confirming the effectiveness of the so-called ‘republican front’, the sanitary cordon supported by conservative, center and leftist formations against the extreme right.
In Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur the candidate of the National Grouping, Thierry Mariani, was the most voted in the first round of a week ago, but has only achieved 42 percent of the votes in the second round, ousted by Renaud Muselier, who has achieved 57 percent of the vote with the support of the right and the center, according to the Ipsos / Sopra Steria study for TF1 .
In Altos de Francia the conservative Xavier Bertrand has won out over Sébastien Chenu (AN, 25.9 percent) and Karima Delli (left and environmentalists, 21.4 percent).
The candidate of the conservative Republican party, Laurent Wauquiez, has won in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (55.9 poir percent) ahead of the candidate backed by left and environmentalists, Fabienne Grébert (33.2 percent) and Andréa Kotarac (AN , 10.9 percent).
In Ile de France, the conservative Valérie Pécresse would have won 45.5 percent of support, ahead of Julien Bayou (candidate from the left and environmentalists, 32.5 percent), Jordan Bardella (AN, 11.5 percent) and Laurent Saint-Martin (The Republic On The Move, 10.5 percent).
In the Greater East region, conservative Jean Rottner would be the most voted with 41 percent of votes, followed by Laurent Jacobelli (AN, 28.3 percent), Eliane Romani (left and environmentalists, 18.8 percent) and Brigitte Klinkert (La República en Marcha, 11.9 percent).
Finally, in New Aquitaine, the candidate from the left, Alain Rousset, was the winner with 39 percent of the vote, ahead of Edwige Diaz (AN, 19 percent), Nicolas Thierry (environmentalist, 14.5 percent). cent), the conservative Nicolas Florian (14.5 percent) and the centrist Geneviève Darrieussecq (13 percent).
Abstention has reached 65 percent, according to statistical projections, a figure slightly higher than the historic abstention of 66.72 percent in the first round.
The participation of June 20, 33.3 percent, set off all the alarms about the political legitimacy of these elections and the political class has come out in a rush to request participation in the elections this Sunday.
