The Mayor of Nîmes: “I have a grudge against a man, Emmanuel Macron”

Following the first round of legislative elections in Gard, Jean-Paul Fournier, mayor of Nîmes, will not give any voting instructions for July 7.

Jean-Paul Fournier deciphers: “On a national level, it is clear that the rise of the extremes is unprecedented. The traditional parties have not been able to meet, once again, certain expectations of our compatriots.” On a local level, the LR councilor of Nîmes “regrets the elimination” of the LR candidates from the 1st (Loumy Bourghol – 5.43%) and the 6th constituency (Clément Stevant – 5.76%). Candidates who have “shown courage and independence, which honors the Gaullist family that will not die,” reassures the councilor of the first city of Gard.

“For the second round, I will not give any voting instructions”

And to solemnly announce: “For the second round, I will not give any voting instructions in Nîmes. It is up to the voters to make an informed choice. For my part, as I have already mentioned, I send the RN and LFI back to back.” Jean-Paul Fournier then castigates the RN which “remains driven by economic excesses and inconsistencies. LFI, because it is a clan of communitarian fanatics and there is a great risk of seeing Mr. Melenchon and his friends enter Matignon.”

The mayor identifies a culprit: “I am angry with a man, Emmanuel Macron, who has continued to weaken the traditional parties since 2017 and whose political work is now coming to light. In his castle, which has become a bunker, he can admire the breadth and finesse of his political genius…. »

Nicolas Meizonnet elected by hand

7,11  %. This is the turnout rate for the first round of the 2022 Legislative elections in Gard. Less than one in two voters went to the polls. The outgoing MP for the 2nd constituency, Nicolas Meizonnet, RN (our article here) was re-elected in the first round of the legislative elections, collecting 52.22% of the votes. On a national level, the RN and its allies came first in the first round of the legislative elections this Sunday, with 33.2% of the votes. The New Popular Front is in second position, at 28.1%. The presidential majority received 21% of the vote.