Europeans 2024. Find out who are the declared or anticipated candidates in Franche-Comté?

On Sunday June 9, 2024, voters are called to vote to elect European deputies. Submission of applications opened on Monday May 6. We already know a certain number of candidates in Franche-Comté. Who are they ?

The latest Ipsos poll for - published on April 13 lists RN President Jordan Bardella at the top of voting intentions in the European elections. The National Rally would collect 32% of the votes according to this poll, ahead of the Renaissance list 16% and 13% for the PS.

While the main lists have revealed their intentions, here are the main Comtois candidates.

Christophe Grudler, Renew – MoDem

He is the only outgoing Comtois MEP to stand for re-election. Belfortain Christophe Grudler, elected for the first time in 2019, is candidate for a second term. He appears in 12th place on the list led by Macronist Valérie Hayer. He represents MoDem, François Bayrou’s party, on the presidential majority list.

Jacques Ricciardetti, RN

He was not announced in the first candidates announced by Jordan Bardella, but Jacques Ricciardetti will appear on the list led by the president of his party, an outgoing MEP. Le Bisontin, regional advisor, occupies 51st place. Too far to be elected, even in the event of an excellent score from Marine Le Pen’s party.

Stéphane Ravacley, PS-PP

Unlucky candidate in the last legislative elections in Besançon, where he was beaten by the outgoing Renaissance deputy Eric Alauzet (52.3%), Stéphane Ravacley is presenting himself before the voters again, this time for the European elections. The former baker is 27th on the list led by Raphaël Glucksmann, an insufficient place to hope to sit in Strasbourg.

Patricia Lime-Vieille, LR

Vice-president of the Department of Doubs, in charge of children and families, Patricia Lime-Vieille is for the first time a candidate for the European elections. The opposition municipal councilor in Valdahon is 22nd on the list led by outgoing MEP François-Xavier Bellamy.

Marie-Hélène Ivol, LR

She follows her colleague from Doubs on François-Xavier Bellamy’s list, in 24th place. Marie-Hélène Ivol is the 1st vice-president of the Department of the Territory of Belfort, in charge of elderly and disabled people. She is also adeputy to the mayor of Belfort, where she deals with files famile, education and social equality.

Carine Sandon, La France Insoumise-Union Populaire

He is a newcomer to the regional political landscape. Municipal elected official in the small town of Etival in Haut-Jura, Carine Sandon runs a publishing house. She is also an anti-speciesist activist in Aymeric Caron’s Ecological Revolution for the Living (REV) party, associated with La France insoumise for the European election. This agreement allows it to appear in good place, 11th, on the list led by outgoing MEP Manon Aubry.

Séverine Véziès, La France Insoumise-Popular Union

La Bisontine Séverine Véziès is in 13th position on Manon Aubry’s list. The teacher at the University of Franche-Comté is publication director of the Journal de l’Insoumission. Candidate for the last legislative elections in the 1st constituency of Doubs, she was beaten by the MoDem Laurent Croizier (51.9%).

Anna Maillard, The Ecologists

Already a candidate in 2019, Anna Maillard is heading back to the European campaign. Attached to the environmental group in the Region, the activist from Nord-Franche-Comté is 25th on the list led by Marie Toussaint.

Samia Jaber, PCF

Figure of the Belfort left, Samia Jaber is now spokesperson for L’Engagement, the movement of former minister Arnaud Montebourg. As part of an agreement with the PCF, the municipal and departmental councilor is 6th on the list led by Léon Deffontaines.

Christophe Lime, PCF

He is a figure of the Communist Party in the Comté capital. Christophe Lime is today vice-president of Grand Besançon Métropole in charge of drinking water management. He is in 59th position on the PCF list.

Lutte Ouvrière presents no less than three Comtois candidates: Michel Treppo (18^e), Cédric Fischer (66^e) and Dominique Revoy (75^e) will campaign for Nathalie Arthaud.

The Bisontin of the Franche-Comté Movement Jean-Philippe Allenbach announced his candidacy on the list of Yves Gernigon’s European Federalist Party.

The European elections are a single-round proportional list vote. All lists exceeding 5% of the votes will have MEPs, whose number will be more or less equal to their score. A list receiving 25% of the votes will obtain approximately 25 seats. As a reminder, of the 720 seats to be filled, 81 will be for French MEPs.

Based on the current reading of the voting intentions, Christophe Grudler seems in a good position to return to his seat in Strasbourg. The Belgian MEP is 12th on the list of the presidential majority. Only a huge underperformance from the Macronist camp could deprive him of a second term.

For Samia Jaber (6th on the PCF list), as for the rebellious Carine Sandon (11th) and Severine Véziès (13th), we must hope to outperform at the polls to obtain a European mandate.

The closing of lists for the European elections is scheduled for May 17. The election on June 9 will take place in a single round. If you wish to vote by proxy, do not wait until the last moment to take the necessary steps.

49% of French people surveyed say they are interested in the European elections according to the third edition of the Viavoice “European barometer”, for Radio France, France Télévisions and France Médias Monde, published this Monday, May 6. 48% of respondents say they are not interested in it. This interest increases as the respondents get older, it is 47% among those aged 18-24, up to 60% for those aged 65 and over, “a public over-represented among those invested and mobilized”analyzes this European barometer.

Viavoice also questioned the French on the “issues considered priorities”, and it is the economy which comes first for 49% of respondents. Immigration comes in second place at 44%.