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It means that in a number of those constituencies where there was a three-way race, there will actually just be a two-way race between the far-right candidate and whoever has stayed in the race, whether it be a centrist candidate or a left-wing alliance candidate,
The impact this will actually have on Sunday when voters go back to the polls is not predictable,
Maintaining my candidacy was for me the best solution to fight the extremes,
Faure wrote in a note on Tuesday, announcing her withdrawal after intense pressure from the French president and the prime minister There seems to be such a huge detestation of Emmanuel Macron and his politics right now that voters think there is a chance to change that, to really shake the system and people who are disaffected by current politics as they were done think, ‘well we’ve not tried this,
If we then have a majority, then yes, of course, we’ll go and do what the voters elected us to do,
she told broadcaster France Inter If we win the parliamentary elections, I will not change the arrangements that have been in place for several months. This event must be a major success for the nation,
Bardella said on social media at the time I don’t think they [voters] want Olympic Games that look bad,
Macron told reporters on the sidelines of a G7 meeting in Italy, according to Le Monde Emmanuel Macron bears major responsibility for everything that has happened,
We have to do it because if we don’t, it’s not just a hangover that we’ll have on 8 July,
What do they do when they’re in power? They constantly, permanently attack women, foreigners, so-called minorities and people who are gay,
We have to do all we can to make sure that doesn’t happen,
After letting the storms pass, we are in the process of setting the date which will be after 14 July but before the Olympics of course,
I'm not looking for grand economic ideas,
On Sunday, things get serious, and frankly, I have no idea who I'll vote for,
We have one objective today (and that) to deny an absolute majority to the National Rally,
said François Ruffin of the hard-left France Unbowed party that is part of the new National Front alliance along with French greens, Socialists and Communists We cannot agree to form a government if we cannot act. That would be the worst of betrayals of our voters,
she told France Inter radio The match is not over,
the Socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, told France 2. The game is not over. We have to mobilise all our forces,
The party will not be spoilt. The festival will be a beautiful one,
I say to visitors from all over the world - come over! Because Paris is the city which still stands up for freedom and is a city of resistance,