Legislative elections in France: French people speak out in Quebec | French legislative elections 2024

Since Saturday morning, French voters have been going to Collège Stanislas in Quebec City to cast their ballots for the French legislative elections. This week, a quarter of eligible French people have already voted online.

The consul general of France in Quebec, Éric Lamouroux, explains that the French can vote in three ways: in a polling station, by proxy or on the Internet.

We have four polling stations at Stanislas College. This is the only place to be able to vote at the ballot box. Voting [sur Internet] was open from Tuesday to Thursday. And a quarter of registered French people have already voted onlinehe said Saturday morning.

Some French people met at the exit of the polling station explained the importance for them of making this political gesture.

Despite being thousands of kilometers away, we think a lot about France, and we must mobilize for what is happening at the moment. Its very importantsaid a woman.

It is important. I have family there and maybe one day I will go back.said another French woman she met at Collège Stanislas.

It’s important to express our dissatisfaction with things that are happeningfor his part commented a young man who came to vote.

Excitement for this election

Éric Lamouroux maintains that the participation rate reached two years ago, i.e. 24%, has already been exceeded.

So we will have a much larger participation this time., he specifies. The offices are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

90,000 French people are registered in consulates.

After his party suffered a serious defeat, Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly and called early legislative elections. In France, the French are called to vote on Sunday for the first round. It is because of the time difference that the vote is organized a day earlier in Quebec.

The vote for the National Assembly is an important vote that will determine the continuation or renewal of power in France as in any democracy. It creates an emulation in the electorate that is quite special.explains Éric Lamouroux.

Antoine Comont, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Law of Laval University and a contract doctoral student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bordeaux, believes that the mobilization of French nationals can contribute to changing the course of things following the elections.

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According to Mr. Comont, even if this participation does not make it possible to change the majorities, it represents a crucial political sign that the government must take into consideration.

There are currently 260,000 French people living throughout the province of Quebec.

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Nearly 21,000 French people are registered on the lists in Quebec. Of this number, nearly 16,000 have the right to vote.