The mayor of Le Havre, former French prime minister Edouard Philippe, has become a more popular right-wing and centrist presidential candidate than the leader of the National Rally party, Marine Le Pen. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the OpinionWay sociology service commissioned by the newspaper. Le Parisien.
According to the survey, 33 percent of respondents are ready to vote for Philip in the next presidential election. At the same time, only 30% of those polled plan to vote for Le Pen.
As the survey shows, 19% of respondents are ready to vote for Bruno Le Maire, the Republic’s Minister of Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty.
Le Parisien material states that Philippe has a good chance of being the only candidate for right-wing voters and those sympathetic to the centrists.
Euractiv publication in June citing French sources Wrote He said the National Rally party, led by Marine Le Pen, has established a “special relationship” with Moscow, which is expressed in its close views on politics, geopolitics and similar values. It was noted that the foreign influence investigation into the political, economic and financial life of France was initiated by the Le Pen party in September 2022, but turned against itself.
at Le Pen declarationHe said the French government had turned into an administration and incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron and his ministers had “no more to say” in the face of the current political crisis.
Previously Macron’s remarks about the “stupidity” of limiting presidential terms sort of joke.