Marseille, bleak plain for macronism. With three deputies since 2017, the presidential camp is very close to disappearing from the parliamentary radars in France’s second city. As of Sunday evening, June 30, recording their third place behind the National Rally and the New Popular Front, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache and Lionel Royer-Perreaut announced their withdrawal, despite scores allowing them in theory to remain in the second round.
In the 1st constituency (part of the 10th, 11th and part of the 12th arrondissement), the Secretary of State for the City (23.61%) made a decision on Sunday evening, around 11:30 p.m. “Obviously, I’m withdrawing. It was not even imaginable that I would think of maintaining myself“, she told the press. Arriving third behind Monique Griseti (RN, 45.54%) and Pascaline Lécorché (Place publique-NFP, 26.90%), Sabrina Agresti-Roubache therefore clearly called for the RN to be beaten. “She paid for her closeness to Macron and the fact that she was a minister.”, analyzes a Marseille elected official from the presidential camp.
“LR’s 5,100 votes really hurt Claire Pitollat”
Lionel Royer-Perreaut (25.13%), also in shock in the 6th constituency (9th and part of the 10th arrondissements), announced his withdrawal at the same time, Sunday evening. In application “national instructions announced by the Prime Minister”, he justified. Without calling for a vote explicitly for her rival Christine Juste (EELV-NFP, 28.22%), who came second, but far behind RN Olivier Fayssat (38.27%).
In the 2nd constituency (7th and 8th arrondissements), uncertainty still remained this Monday at midday. Behind the RN Olivier Rioult (32.06%), the PS-NFP Laurent Lhardit (28.49%) was ahead of the outgoing Renaissance MP, Claire Pitollat (27.01%) by 870 votes. Which, despite the multiple requests from Provencehas still not indicated whether it will continue or withdraw.She is in a situation similar to that of Anne-Laurence Petel in Aix, with possible transfers of votes from LR”, analyzes a local Renaissance setting.
In this rather well-off constituency in the southern districts of Marseille, the LR candidate, Laure-Agnès Caradec, won 8.68% of the vote. In the current context, however, nothing says that in the event of a three-way race, her voters would massively turn to the Macronist candidate rather than to the RN candidate, Olivier Rioult, who was a close collaborator of the president (DVD) of the Department and the Metropolis, Martine Vassal.LR’s 5,100 votes hurt Claire Pitollat very badlyjudges another elected Macronist. At some point, it would have been necessary to establish priorities and not put in difficulty candidates with whom the right could discuss.”
In the 14th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône (Aix-Est), Anne-Laurence Petel, the Macronist MP, also came third behind Gérault Verny (RN) and Jean-David Ciot (PS-NFP) and immediately announced her retention. In the 11th constituency, on the other hand, Mohamed Laqhila withdrew this Monday morning after having nevertheless affirmed on Sunday evening that he would be present in the 2nd round. “I will not be the one to elect the extreme right in the Pays d’Aix”, wrote the outgoing Modem MP in a press release, arriving behind Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy (RN) and Marc Pena (NFP).
The deadline for submitting applications for the second round is tomorrow, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
