« OHe didn’t tell me anything, I discovered the news during a meeting with activists,” Gilles Le Gendre told Point in the midst of the legislative campaign. Gilles Le Gendre, outgoing MP for the second constituency of Paris, disavowed by Renaissance and yet a loyal follower of Emmanuel Macron from the very beginning, won 19.62% of the votes in the first round of the legislative elections this Sunday.
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A score which allows him to access the second round of the legislative elections, which will pit him against Jean Laussucq, candidate of the Ensemble coalition (which brings together Renaissance, MoDem and Horizons), and Marine Rosset, socialist candidate and representative of the New Popular Front.
READ ALSO The results of the first round, constituency by constituencyJean Laussucq, deputy at the town hall of 7e arrondissement and close to the current Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, had received the investiture of the presidential camp, to the detriment of Gilles Le Gendre. This Sunday, the former chief of staff of the mayor of the 7the arrondissement, which had displayed the photo of Rachida Dati on its campaign posters, won 23.62% of the votes.
But it’s Marine Rosset, the left-wing candidate, who came in first place in the first round, with 33.40% of the votes.
“I’m very comfortable, I didn’t ask for anything”
During this campaign, some accused Rachida Dati of having herself placed this close friend in this constituency which is very favorable to Macron’s party.
In a café in the sixth arrondissement of Paris, the Minister of Culture explained on June 19 that if Gilles Le Gendre had not been invested, it was because of his votes in the National Assembly. The MP was particularly opposed to the recent immigration law. “And since 2022, he has been very critical of the government,” assured Rachida Dati, as reported The Journal of Greater Paris. I’m very comfortable, I didn’t ask for anything. But John [Laussucq] has been elected here for a very long time […] When political times are complicated, and this is the case, we must close ranks, without qualms. »
