It’s time for the last maneuvers before the closure: the candidates for the second round of the municipal elections of June 28 have until Tuesday at the end of the day to deposit their lists, before the launch of a new campaign. Here’s what we know about alliances, discussions and failures.
Fronts and alliances
From Saturday, a republican front was formed in Perpignan to block the road to Louis Aliot (National Rally), who came first in the first round with 35.6% of the vote. The ecologist Agnès Langevine and the “walker” Romain Grau, who arrived 3rd and 4th in March, withdrew in favor of the outgoing LR mayor Jean-Marc Pujol (18.5%).
In Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne), the various candidate on the right withdrew from the race, while the candidate RN Romain Lopez leaves winner facing the left.
In arles (Bouches-du-Rhône), another front rose: the candidate of the Republicans withdrew in favor of Patrick de Carolis (various centers), arrived in the lead, in order to prevent the left from winning in this communist stronghold.
Reindeer, it was the union of the left and environmentalists that was made, the mayor Nathalie Appéré (PS), big favorite, merging with the environmentalist Matthieu Theurier. Same scenario In Nantes: PS Mayor Johanna Rolland and EELV head Julie Laernoes have just announced an agreement.
In Pau, outgoing mayor François Bayrou supported by MoDem, LR and LREM (first at 45.83%), should face only one opposition list from the left, thanks to the rallying of environmentalists.
In Toulouse, the socialist Nadia Pellefigue, who finished 3rd, withdrew, opening the way for a duel between the Citizen Archipelago list (EELV-LFI) and that of the outgoing mayor LR Jean-Luc Moudenc.
In Bastia, an agreement was sealed between three of the four opposition lists to beat the outgoing nationalist mayor.
In Bayonne, two of the three lists on the left qualified against the outgoing mayor (UDI) Jean-René Etchegaray have reached an agreement, the third throwing in the towel.
In Chambéry, the outgoing LR Michel Dantin will be opposed to the former PS minister Thierry Repentin who has merged with the citizen list of Aurélie Le Meur.
In Annecy, an amazing alliance has been formed between the dissident LREM Frédérique Lardet and the left candidate François Astorg, facing the outgoing mayor UDI Jean-Luc Rigaut, supported by LR and … LREM.
In talks
In Paris, the outgoing socialist Anne Hidalgo who races first (29.3%) and David Belliard (EELV, 10.8%) have found an agreement.
There will be no alliance for Cédric Villani (ex-LREM), fifth in the first round, who has “not felt sufficient guarantees” on the side of Anne Hidalgo and deplores “a certain wavering” among his rival LREM Agnès Buzyn. Second in March, Rachida Dati (LR, 22.7%) “refuses any withdrawal from the LR list” and any alliance behind another list.
The landscape of the second round is not frozen either in Bordeaux, where the outgoing LR mayor Nicolas Florian, who came just in the lead, and the LREM candidate Thomas Cazenave, third, have discussed in recent days.
In Marseille, where a union list from the left came first in front of Martine Vassal (LR), the right is seeking to close ranks. Ms. Vassal notably supported dissident Bruno Gilles in his sector. On the left, the rally is struggling in the 15th and 16th arrondissements, where ex-PS senator Samia Ghali is in the lead but goes it alone.
In Strasbourg, the possible marriage is pending between the Green Jeanne Barseghian (27.87% in the first round), and the socialist Catherine Trautmann (19.77%), third, who seems to want to recover the head of the Eurometropolis.
Finally In Lyon, the series continues, after the explosive alliance Thursday for the metropolis between the candidate LREM Gérard Collomb (divested since) and the local right. Bruno Bernard (EELV), who came first, is preparing to cement an alliance with the left.
Chess
It’s already the case in Lille : PS mayor Martine Aubry, in a strong position (29.8% in the first round), “acted” on Saturday the absence of agreement with the ecologist Stéphane Baly (24.5%), due to disagreements on video surveillance or housing.
To the harbor where Édouard Philippe is playing for his re-election, the environmentalists and the Communist deputy Jean-Paul Lecoq have passed on the responsibility for their disunity.
In Besançon, discussions failed between the EELV candidate Anne Vignot, at the head, and LFI (8%). Ludovic Fagaut (LR) and Eric Alauzet (LREM) each remain in the running.
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