The mayor of Cholet supported by the Ciotti-RN alliance failed to impose himself in his stronghold. He only came second behind Denis Masseglia, the presidential candidate who won 33.70% of the vote. In one night, France Moreau of the New Popular Front made an about-face. After deciding to withdraw, she announced that she would stay on before finally giving up.
He failed to impose himself in his stronghold. Second with 31% of the votes, an affront to the sulphurous mayor of Cholet. This Sunday evening, June 30, Gilles Bourdouleix, supported by the Ciotti-RN tandem, must have been angry.
Especially since the candidate of the New Popular Front initially announced that she would withdraw in favor of Denis Masseglia, who came out on top with nearly 34% for the presidential majority. “We are never satisfied when the National Rally is so high, explained this last Sunday evening. The question we will be asked in a week is: National Rally will have a complete majority, 289 deputies in the Assembly National? I want to beat the National Rally and I call France Moreau on the left, and Jacquelin Ligot of the Republicans to call for a vote against the National Rally, so for me.”
A request that is a priori heard, at least initially.
“21,33 %, c’It’s an honourable score, but not enough to be ahead of my constituency, it’s very close. Now I think we need to come together in my political party. to know how we will react, but a priori, The Republican barrier seems to me to be the most relevant”France Moreau replied to him this Sunday evening, June 30.
Whether it was a night of counsel or not, there was a complete turnaround on Monday, the candidate nominated by the New Popular Front finally announced her continued status on Monday morning. Enough to settle the affairs of Gilles Bourdouleix who was not asking for so much.
“After a careful study of the final results with the national coordination of the New Popular Front, I have chosen to maintain my candidacy, in order to position myself as a bulwark against this racist vision of France carried by Gilles Bourdouleix and to offer voters an alternative to the deleterious policy pursued for seven years by the presidential majority.”she wrote in a statement published on X.
Another dramatic turn of events at the end of the day on Monday, France Moreau finally announced that she was retiring.
“I won’t go any further. If nationally, I am asked to carry out a task, I do it, but in this case it is not easy in a person’s life to make decisions there. At some point, you have to set a limit, a red line that you don’t cross. It is a decision that is personal to me that I have explained nationally and that I have succinctly declined to people locally.”
I remain strong and I am still rigid on the fact that we must block the national gathering. I am blocking it as I decided to do initially.
France MoreauCandidate New Popular Front 5th constituency of Maine-et-Loire
The PS is dissociating itself, the NFP is on the verge of implosion in the Cholet constituency. The local representatives of France Insoumise were furious on Monday when they learned that the national leadership was confirming the continuation of France Moreau.
For Claire Schweitzer, LFI regional advisor, “This decision is deadly and contrary to our principles. As a regional elected representative of La France Insoumise in the department of Maine-et-Loire, I completely dissociate myself from this maintenance, which risks making an RN deputy win, and not the least, Gilles Bourdouleix. Step 1 a pair imposed against the advice of local activists who work with all their might for unity in a hostile context. Step 2 the final blow, the maintenance of the same pair without consulting any of the forces present or the Insoumis activists. It will be without us! I call for reason and the withdrawal of this candidacy.”she wrote on her X account.
“In accordance with the national decisions of the parties making up the New Popular Front,
All of our organizations call on the NFP candidate to reverse her decision
to stay in the second round. A decision taken without any consultation with the others
political organizations constituting the new Popular Front and without respecting the opinion
of the vast majority of local activists who, since yesterday, have spoken out in favor
a withdrawal”denounced the PS, the Ecologists, the PCF, place publique, générations.s and the PRG in a joint press release.
“This maintenance in the current configuration is not only irresponsible, but above all in total contradiction with the desire that we share to form a republican front from
that this is necessary to combat the rise of the extreme right to power”the left-wing parties specified.
We also demand the withdrawal of candidate France MOREAU and we are already announcing that our political organizations are calling for a blockade against the extreme right. If we are not heard, then we refuse the use of the names and logos of our parties in this constituency by the candidate.
Joint press release from left-wing and environmentalist parties
“We call on the voters of the 5th constituency to block Gilles Bourdouleix and the RN, because he is in a position, perhaps by just one MP, to have a majority
the National Assembly on July 8th”the statement concluded.
For his part, the mayor of Cholet did not say a word on Monday.
