A dissolution of the National Assembly later, and then everyone returns to the field. In the 1st constituency of Loire-Atlantique, Nantes-Orvault, two candidates stand out since they are the finalists for the 2022 legislative elections: Mounir Belhamiti, outgoing Renaissance deputy, and Karim Benbrahim, candidate of the New Popular Front (NFP).
“We have to know how to come together”
Whereas two years ago, in the second round, the election was decided by around 1,6000 votes, the duel promises to be close. All smiles at the entrance to the American market in Nantes, this Tuesday, Karim Benbrahim “notes a form of hope behind the project carried by the New Popular Front and also a desire to turn the page on the seven years of Macron’s government.” This history of the Socialist Party benefits from the positive trend in the polls for the oppositions, even if the grand alliance on the left makes some voters cringe.
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“As Jean-Marc Ayrault said in a text published a few days ago, the essential is at stake and we have to know how to come together,” he says. On the other side of the main market alley, the outgoing MP is also present with his team and leaflets. Only, in two years ago a little change since Emmanuel Macron is erased from the image and the discourse.
Break away from Emmanuel Macron
It relies on its local capital and its involvement in certain issues. “What is at stake here is not the label, it is the proposals for France, he indicates. It is not a presidential majority that we are proposing here, it is a Republican majority.” A way of saying that he does not want to appear to the President of the Republic, and prefers to move forward with its local history for this election.
In this duel, there is also Lutte Ouvrière, represented by Hélène Defrance. The far-left party did not want to join the NFP because for the candidate: “This left, once elected, will not defend the camp of workers, the unemployed and retirees“She is indignant to see socialist figures like François Hollande in this union.
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