The campaign really begins. New parties unveil the complete list of their candidates for the early legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, after the closing of the submission of candidatures at 6 p.m., Sunday June 16. The Ecologists-EELV have, for example, published the list of candidates nominated by the party, member of the New Popular Front (including the former minister and presidential candidate Dominique Voynet).
In the presidential camp, the Horizons party also published a new wave of nominations. The president of the far-right Reconquest party, Eric Zemmour, for his part announced on X that he had nominated 330 candidates, “in order to be sure not to harm the other right-wing candidates involved in this campaign”. Follow our live stream.
Athletes sign a platform to call for votes “against the extreme right”. After the call for a vote against “the extremes” by Kylian Mbappe, more than 160 sportsmen and women signed a platform to call for a vote “against the extreme right”on the newspaper’s website The Team. This text, signed in particular by Yannick Noah, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marion Bartoli and Marie-José Pérec, points the finger at the extreme right which “exploits [l]differences and manipulates our fears to divide us”.
Manuel Bompard salutes Adrien Quatennens’ “sense of responsibility”. “It’s his decision.” Manuel Bompard, national coordinator of La France insoumise, welcomed on BFMTV the “sense of responsibility” of Adrien Quatennens after the withdrawal of his candidacy in the North. “I believe he considered that nothing should interfere with the campaign of the New Popular Front”declared the outgoing LFI deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône, while the inauguration of Adrien Quatennens, despite his conviction for domestic violence, had aroused criticism, including within the left alliance.
LFI defends its nomination choices. Manuel Bompard also defended LFI’s choice not to reinvest several outgoing deputies, including personalities who expressed their disagreement with Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s line, such as Alexis Corbière, Raquel Garrido or Danielle Simonnet. The rebellious manager believes that there is a “duty of consistency and loyalty” within the movement “at such a crucial moment”.
New demonstrations against the extreme right in France. Nearly 10,000 people demonstrated in Lyon against the National Rally, according to the prefecture. The CGT claims the figure of 15,000 demonstrators. Nearly 250,000 people have already mobilized yesterday at the call of unions, associations and left-wing parties members of the New Popular Front.
