March 4, 2021
A REFUGE FOR THE TRUMPISTS:
'It's over': Macron risks losing left in Le Pen battle (CLARE BYRNE, 3/04/21, AFP)
A leading French daily has rattled the ruling party and sparked intense speculation about next year's presidential election by suggesting that voters won't come to Emmanuel Macron's aid if he finds himself in a rematch with the far-right.Votes from the left propelled centrist Macron to power in 2017 in a run-off against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, just as they had helped Jacques Chirac in the 2002 election against Le Pen's father Jean-Marie.The report in Liberation newspaper, based on accounts from hundreds of readers, said many left-leaning voters would no longer support Macron to prevent Le Pen taking power.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 4, 2021 8:30 AM