On June 9, Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly after the results of the European elections. Since then, between the unions, the breakups and the tension which rises as the votes approach, voters have experienced a form of general “fed up”. Example in Dijon in Côte-d’Or.
For a week, the information has been coming. The dissolution of the National Assembly, a union of the left, a union or a dissension on the right, several dissident candidates… In short, for voters more than ever, it is difficult to follow.
Alexis Delacour and David Segal went to meet the people of Dijon this Sunday to capture their feelings in the run-up to the legislative elections.
While the candidates from the Côte-d’Or constituencies are starting to make themselves known, the people of Dijon are taking advantage of a few rays of sunshine to enjoy the terraces of the city center.
Sitting at a table, some still have the dissolution of the National Assembly pronounced by Emmanuel Macron in their throats: “In a few words, it is presidential madness to have blown up the National Assembly because he knew very well that it could only be chaos. We will end up with a National Assembly which will not have a majority , and even if the President resigns, we will have to keep this assembly for a year. I think that France will be the victim of this very strange decision.
The people of Dijon express a form of annoyance regarding recent political news.
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© David Segal / France Télévisions
Others, however, choose to lose interest. “For several years I have given up”confides a resident, resting her head on her hand. “There is a form of weariness with what is currently proposed. There is no longer really any national political coherence.”
“A big serenade” or “a play”that’s how this retiree perceived the last days. “There is not one who says the same thing two days in a row, well there is only one who says the same thing, but we are not going to say who.” For others, there is even anger at this situation. “Fed up, fed up!” annoys a resident next door. “We’re going to vote, but in fact that doesn’t interest us at all. There’s bickering, it’s a circus, they contradict each other. (We) the French, we’re fed up.”
In the midst of the political tumult, the information has not stopped pouring in. The left came together under the New Popular Front, The Republicans and Éric Ciotti disagreed on the subject of an alliance with the National Rally… For the inhabitants of the metropolis certain events stood out.
For a week, the information has been dropping one after the other. The surprise dissolution of the National Assembly seems to have accelerated political life in France.
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© David Segal / France Télévisions
For one,“vs“It was Éric Ciotti who turned his coat around to return to the RN”. For another, “vs“is the return of François Hollande who goes through the window because he can no longer go through the front door”. Some were particularly marked and even decided to change their vote between the European elections and the legislative elections. This is the case of this lady who definitely does not want to vote for “the extremes”: “The rallying of the PS with La France Insoumise, I did not think that they would go so far as to rally given the comments that were made by La France Insoumise. I will vote blank.”
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Whether it is rallying to the left or a possible rallying to the right, for this voter these maneuvers sum up one thing: “It clearly proves that electoral visions are a priority.”
In any case, everyone agrees that this legislative campaign is “unprecedented” and even “historic”.
