Two days before the first round, still a lot of questions. In the city center of Poissy (Yvelines), many voters say they are torn, even disappointed, when faced with the options available to them. Sitting on a bench opposite the town hall, Françoise, 77, discusses politics with a friend. She explains that she is disappointed by President Macron’s movement, which she once appreciated. She considers it “finished”.
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For her, it is now mistrust that takes precedence. “The RN and the NFP scare me, and I no longer have confidence in Renaissance,” she breathes. She will vote blank, even if it is “a difficult choice”.
In Poissy, however, the outgoing MP and candidate for re-election is the former mayor, Karl Olive (Renaissance). He is also a loyal follower of Emmanuel Macron. In the European elections, his party came in behind Manon Aubry’s LFI list, leading with 19.7%, and the National Rally (18.4%). The possibility of a second round between the RN and the New Popular Front worries Jacky, 70, however. “If that happens, it would be a disaster, I will vote blank,” says this retired SNCF worker. He will therefore vote Renaissance in the first round, “out of conviction.”
A vote on questions of values
On Sunday in the voting booth, the choice will be difficult for Julie, 46, however. She refuses to vote for Ensemble!/Renaissance, a party that she says has “gradually shifted to the right”. Nor to vote blank, for fear that it will serve the interests of the RN: “I’m afraid of the repercussions that there will be on thousands of people if the extreme right comes out on top.” The forty-year-old is thinking of voting for the New Popular Front, but only for Place publique and the Ecologists, because she has reservations about La France Insoumise. In the 12th constituency of Yvelines, the NFP will be represented by an ecologist, Christophe Massiaux.
Teddy shares her doubts. Particularly because of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. However, this 32-year-old graphic designer places her trust in the NFP to block the RN. She says she campaigns for the LGBT cause and against racism, “values that are not supported by the party of Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen.”
Conversely, Maxime hopes to “stop immigration and LGBT propaganda.” He is one of the new voters for the National Rally, which he still does not consider to be “far right,” contrary to the decision of the Council of State last March. For this 27-year-old analyst, this party seemed obvious. “France is in a bad way, we need change,” he believes. The RN is the only party that advocates sovereignty and nationalism, values that are important to me.”
The candidates in the 12th constituency: Jean-Louis Mettelet (RN), Bruno Jay (Reconquête), Christophe Massiaux (NFP/Les Écologues), Jean-Pierre Mercier (Lutte Ouvrière), the outgoing MP Karl Olive (Renaissance), Adeline Guilleux (the Republicans) and Patrick Scieller as well as Diabe Kamara are running without labels.
