French President Emmanuel Macron referred to as on Sunday for “a broad, clearly democratic and republican union” in opposition to the far proper within the second spherical of legislative elections on July 7, following the landslide victory of his lists within the first spherical.
“Within the face of the Nationwide Rally (RN), it’s time for a broad, clearly democratic and republican union for the second spherical,” the French president mentioned in an announcement despatched to the AFP company after studying of the victory of the acute proper with greater than 35% of the votes.
Macron’s phrases are interpreted as a slogan for the candidates who’ve positioned third within the totally different constituencies to ask for votes to forestall the victory of the acute proper.
An analogous name was made by the chief of the Inexperienced Occasion, Marine Tondelier, and by the chief of the Socialist Occasion, Raphael Glucksmann.
Macron welcomed the excessive turnout within the legislative elections, which at greater than 65% was a file.
“The excessive turnout within the first spherical reveals the significance of this election for all our compatriots and the will to make clear the political state of affairs. Democracy commits us to this,” mentioned the French president.
Macron referred to as the legislative elections on June 9 after his occasion’s extreme defeat within the European elections, wherein the far proper gained by a large margin.
Estimates relegate his occasion to 3rd place, with simply over 20%, behind the New Well-liked Entrance, which brings collectively left-wing events, which is just below 30%. EFE
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