Faced with disoriented voters in a constituency where the far-right has exceeded 40% in the European elections, the outgoing deputy assumes the responsibility to oppose the policies of Emmanuel Macron as well as the RN.
Special envoy to Antibes Juan-Les-Pins
“We need to understand: voting Republicans, what does that mean today?” Distraught messages, like that of this Antibes business manager, Éric Pauget receives “kilometers” on his smartphone for two weeks. “It shows that the problem is realobserves the outgoing LR deputy, elected since 2017. In this 7th constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes, where my predecessor Jean Leonetti always won in the first round, the electorate is historically Republican right. But when we saw the results of the European elections, we had a shock: by adding the votes for Jordan Bardella and Marion Maréchal, we exceeded 40 %, with peaks at 45 % in certain villages!”.
The decision of the one who is still president of the LR, Éric Ciotti, to ally himself with the National Rally, has completely disoriented the voters. “LR, ex-LR, LR-RN, LR macronist, Together or not, we can’t figure it out…
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