Four Seats for the MoDem
From Europe 1.fr
The Movement for Democracy (MoDem) has achieved the election of four members of parliament. Starting with its founder: François Bayrou re-elected in his electoral stronghold of the Béarn with 61,21% of votes. It is not yet known if Jean-Christophe Lagarde will sit alongside them. By not allowing the "blue wave" to burst forth as predicted by polls, the people of France have refused to give a blank cheque to the party in control.
"The French have given the government a penalty notice stamp", estimates François Bayrou. "The electors did not want to give a blank cheque" to the government and "the last issues that have appeared in the electoral campaign have not incited the French to intensify their confidence towards the government", he added. François Bayrou has been re-elected in the second district of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques with 61,21% of votes. In the fourth district of the same region, Jean Lassalle was also re-elected in the only three cornered contest in this election with 40,37% of votes. Abdoulatifou Aly was elected with 56,29% at Mayotte. Thierry Benoit in Ille-et-Vilaine has also obtained his ticket to the National Assembly with 55,09%.
As expected, Jean-Christophe Lagarde was re-elected at Bobigny in the fifth district of the Seine-Saint-Denis. But the Deputy Mayor of Drancy has not said whether he would sit with the MoDem group in the parliament, despite having received its endorsement. Jean-Christophe Lagarde said he was ready to work with the presidential majority. For Marielle de Sarnez, a close of François Bayrou, the result of this ballot shows "a reversal for the UMP and its allies, (...) last week 400-450 seats were being trumpeted for the presidential majority.
According to the MEP, "there is something that has been punished such as maybe an over sized arrogance, this way of saying: 'we need a blank cheque for the coming five years. We have a programme, a project, nothing is discussed, take it or leave it'", she added. "Following this ballot the future needs to be thought of", she concluded. "We cannot have a parliament that primarily represents two strong forces, we are in the bi polarisation.
For Jean-Marie Cavada, a MoDem candidate in the Val-de-Marne has admitted that his party "was not in a comfortable situation with many supporters but very few elected. As we are in a bi-partisan system, we do not spare ourselves the internal analysis of partnerships that is necessary to do if we wish to weigh on the channels of power."
Finally, for François Bayrou, the "political path that we have drawn exists, and the voters are ready to choose it providing that the electoral system allows them the choice. The MoDem MPs will "represent in the National Assembly all those who are unjustly isolated from it, those who have their place and to those whom the counting method does not provide representation which all french citizens should be entitled to. (...) We are going to represent this pluralism and diversity to find one day a better balance for our country.
The Movement for Democracy (MoDem) has achieved the election of four members of parliament. Starting with its founder: François Bayrou re-elected in his electoral stronghold of the Béarn with 61,21% of votes. It is not yet known if Jean-Christophe Lagarde will sit alongside them. By not allowing the "blue wave" to burst forth as predicted by polls, the people of France have refused to give a blank cheque to the party in control."The French have given the government a penalty notice stamp", estimates François Bayrou. "The electors did not want to give a blank cheque" to the government and "the last issues that have appeared in the electoral campaign have not incited the French to intensify their confidence towards the government", he added. François Bayrou has been re-elected in the second district of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques with 61,21% of votes. In the fourth district of the same region, Jean Lassalle was also re-elected in the only three cornered contest in this election with 40,37% of votes. Abdoulatifou Aly was elected with 56,29% at Mayotte. Thierry Benoit in Ille-et-Vilaine has also obtained his ticket to the National Assembly with 55,09%.
As expected, Jean-Christophe Lagarde was re-elected at Bobigny in the fifth district of the Seine-Saint-Denis. But the Deputy Mayor of Drancy has not said whether he would sit with the MoDem group in the parliament, despite having received its endorsement. Jean-Christophe Lagarde said he was ready to work with the presidential majority. For Marielle de Sarnez, a close of François Bayrou, the result of this ballot shows "a reversal for the UMP and its allies, (...) last week 400-450 seats were being trumpeted for the presidential majority.
According to the MEP, "there is something that has been punished such as maybe an over sized arrogance, this way of saying: 'we need a blank cheque for the coming five years. We have a programme, a project, nothing is discussed, take it or leave it'", she added. "Following this ballot the future needs to be thought of", she concluded. "We cannot have a parliament that primarily represents two strong forces, we are in the bi polarisation.
For Jean-Marie Cavada, a MoDem candidate in the Val-de-Marne has admitted that his party "was not in a comfortable situation with many supporters but very few elected. As we are in a bi-partisan system, we do not spare ourselves the internal analysis of partnerships that is necessary to do if we wish to weigh on the channels of power."
Finally, for François Bayrou, the "political path that we have drawn exists, and the voters are ready to choose it providing that the electoral system allows them the choice. The MoDem MPs will "represent in the National Assembly all those who are unjustly isolated from it, those who have their place and to those whom the counting method does not provide representation which all french citizens should be entitled to. (...) We are going to represent this pluralism and diversity to find one day a better balance for our country.
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