Approximately 200 events are planned for the weekend in the run-up to the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7 and they will begin on Saturday morning at Nice, Cannes, Toulon and Draguignan.
La France insoumise offered itself a renewed tension on Friday evening by unveiling its investitures for the legislative elections, including that ofAdrien Quatennensconvicted of domestic violence, but without several historical figures of the party like Alexis Corbière Or Rachel Garridolabeled as slingers.
“Justice has spoken, I am president of the Republicans”reacted Eric Ciotti Friday evening, commenting on the court’s decision to invalidate his exclusion from the presidency of LR.
Follow the latest information live >>
8:52 a.m.: outgoing LFI deputy Alexis Corbière, not reinvested, accuses Mélenchon of “settling his scores”
The outgoing deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Alexis Corbière, not reinvested by La France insoumise in his constituency where he has been elected since 2017, accused on Saturday morning Jean-Luc Mélenchon, to whom he was once one of the closest, of “settle accounts”.
“Jean-Luc Mélenchon has settled accounts with me and my friends”the deputies Danielle Simonnet and Raquel Garrido, also “slingers” criticism of the management of LFI and not reinvested by the radical left formation, affirmed Alexis Corbière on franceinfo.
7:59 a.m.: The national secretary of Ecologists “shocked” by “the purge” at LFI
Marine Tondelier, interviewed on France 2, said she was “extremely shocked” by the “purge” at LFI, after the non-inauguration of executives like Alexis Corbière or Rachel Garrido. “I have convened bodies to be able to discuss it with the Ecologists to see what follow-up should be given to this (…) I do not see why we would not support the outgoing deputies,” reacted the national secretary of the Ecologists.
She must also meet with socialist leaders Olivier Faure and communist Fabien Roussel. The boss of the Ecologists wants the New Popular Front to support, despite everything, the candidates ousted by LFI.
7:22 a.m.: Aurélien Rousseau, former minister of the Borne government, New Popular Front candidate
Aurélien Rousseau, former Minister of Health under Emmanuel Macron, announced that he would represent the left-wing coalition “New Popular Front” in the legislative elections in the seventh constituency of Yvelines, in the name of the fight against the National Rally. “The RN must not come to power. Alongside Raphaël Glucksmann, strong in my values, republican, universalist, for progress and emancipation, I am committed to the dynamic of bringing together the left Popular Front, the only one capable to block the extreme right”wrote on X M. Rousseau.
