08:52.
Olivier Faure “wants a vote” to appoint the Prime Minister
08:51.
Olivier Faure “gives his full support to Alexis Corbière and Raquel Garrido”
08:43.
Visions of extremes “are visions of chaos”, believes Rachida Dati
08:41.
“Those who earn less than 4,000 euros per month, or 92% of French people, will pay less tax,” says Manon Aubry
08:08.
François Hollande, candidate in Corrèze, is “not the candidate considered to be Prime Minister”, according to Mathilde Panot
“I want us to retire as quickly as possible at 60”
Mathilde Panot, who was head of the rebel group in the National Assembly, wants a return to retirement at 60 “as quickly as possible” in the event of victory of the New Popular Front in the legislative elections.
“I don’t want to divide, let us organize ourselves,” concedes Mathilde Panot
Mathilde Panot answers on France 2 the question of whether Jean-Luc Mélenchon is the favorite of the New Popular Front to become Prime Minister.
Eric Ciotti: “The moral lessons (…) are enough!”
The president of LR Eric Ciotti was the guest of the RTL morning show this morning. “The moral lessons from those who led us into this situation are enough!” declared Eric Ciotti. “The ego quarrels of the leaders who are hiding and waiting for the country to unravel to come out of the woods, that’s enough!”
The RN still in the lead in a new poll
A new poll on the first round of the legislative elections indicates that the RN would collect 33% of the votes, the New Popular Front 28% and Renaissance, the party of the presidential majority, 18%. The Republicans would collect 5% of the votes, the LR-RN lists at 4%, Reconquest Eric Zemmour’s party is at 3%. Other figures from this Ifop poll for LCI, participation would amount to 62%, 56% of 18-24 year olds would vote as well as 58% of 25-34 year olds. Survey carried out among a sample of 1,131 people registered on the electoral lists aged 18 and over, survey carried out using the quota method, via the internet from June 14 to 17, 2024.
What are the hot spots in the legislative elections in Occitania?
In Occitania, where the National Rally had 15 deputies elected in 2022 (+2 in Lot-et-Garonne), the territory should once again be divided between East and West.
Icy exchange between Mathilde Panot and Alexis Corbière
At the meeting of the left in Montreuil, Monday evening, the LFI deputy Alexis Corbière – who is no longer reinvested by LFI in the legislative elections – went to greet Mathilde Panot, the leader of the rebellious group in the National Assembly. “I said to her: “Hello, welcome. She didn’t answer me,” he told TF1 Info.
More than 400,000 proxies have been made since June 10
A sign of the interest in this historic election, more than 400,000 proxies have been made since June 10, or six and a half times more than during the 2022 legislative elections over the same period.
More than 200 streamers call to vote for the New Popular Front
Several personalities from the world of the web have announced the creation of a collective called Le Stream Populaire. They notably signed an article in Mediapart to call for people to vote for the New Popular Front in the elections.
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: “We have the possibility of changing course”
The president of Debout la France Nicolas Dupont-Aignan welcomed the electoral agreement between Eric Ciotti and the National Rally on BFMTV. He speaks of “an immense opportunity for the country”. “This is a coalition that I have been waiting for for so many years,” he said. Nicolas Dupont-Aignan is the outgoing deputy for Essonne.
The PS invests several Liot deputies
The Socialist Party unveiled its final investitures for the legislative elections on Monday evening, including several independents from Liot from the left: Jean-Louis Bricout (Aisne), Martine Froger (Ariège), Laurent Panifous (Ariège), David Taupiac (Gers ) and Benjamin Saint-Huile (North). If these constituencies were obtained within the framework of the New Popular Front, several of these deputies firmly reject this latter label. These five outgoing Liot deputies will also not face candidates invested by the presidential majority, in the name of “the republican arc” against “the extremes”.
Promise to eliminate VAT on basic necessities: “In a second step”, says Jordan Bardella
This is one of the flagship measures of the RN program: removing VAT on essential products. “It will be done in a second phase,” announces Jordan Bardella at Parisian , if the RN won the legislative elections. Its first act would be the reduction of VAT to 5.5% on energy (electricity, gas, fuel oil) and fuel. To finance the measure, the RN wants to lower France’s contribution to the EU budget by 2 billion euros and put an end to part of the tax loopholes such as shipowners.
Jordan Bardella would only go to Matignon in the event of an absolute majority
In an interview with Parisian , the president of the RN Jordan Bardella indicates that he would only want to go to Matignon in the event of an absolute majority to be able to apply the RN program. “Who can believe that we will be able to change the daily lives of the French in cohabitation with a relative majority? Nobody. I say to the French: to try us, we need an absolute majority”, he warns the voters. He indicates that his three priorities, if he became Prime Minister, would be purchasing power, security and immigration.
Call for “unity during a first meeting of the left
The left appeared united during a first meeting Monday evening in Montreuil in Seine-Saint-Denis. Several tenors of the New Popular Front – Olivier Faure, Clémentine Autain, Marine Tondelier and François Ruffin – called for “unity” of the left, 13 days before the first round. “We have not yet won, but we have won against the slope of the worst (and) resignation,” launched François Ruffin in front of several hundred supporters. “Let us make a vow together to never let go,” added PS boss Olivier Faure
Gabriel Attal warns against “the catastrophe” of “extremes”
Gabriel Attal kicked off the presidential majority’s campaign for the legislative elections on Monday. The Prime Minister warned of the risk of “economic catastrophe” which he said would weigh in the event of victory for the “extremes”. “We are going to fight square meter by square meter” against “the extremes,” assured Gabriel Attal. He was stopped by a passerby angry with Emmanuel Macron in Perreux-sur-Marne. “You are good, but you will have to tell the president to keep his mouth shut,” this man told him. “There, it’s a legislative election! We’re voting for the Prime Minister,” replied the head of government.
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