In Monaco, Emmanuel Macron in the lead, followed by the far right
The long queue winding from the Saint-Charles school to the eponymous church gave hope, yesterday morning, of an increase in participation in Monaco compared to the presidential election of 2017. A misleading image when reading the final figures : 2,392 voters, out of 5,185 registered on the electoral rolls, voted in the secrecy of the voting booth, that is to say a turnout established at 46.1%. Nearly ten points less than five previous years (55.85%).
And in the ballot boxes of the country’s three polling stations, the French in Monaco placed Emmanuel Macron in first position, who won 789 votes (32.98%), closely followed by the far right of Marine Le Pen (568 votes, i.e. 23.74%) and Eric Zemmour (426 votes, or 17.80%). A vote, we can say, historic and against the tide of previous decades.
Because, by tradition, the tricolor voters installed in the Principality had always opted for the republican right, and this even when the left of François Mitterrand then that of François Hollande rose to power. There was Jacques Chirac in 1988, 1995 and 2002. Then Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 and 2012.
In the first round in 2017, it was still François Fillon who monopolized the outposts with 44.20% of the votes ahead of Marine Le Pen (23.42%) and Emmanuel Macron (18.05%).
Pécresse in 5th position
As in the Monegasque area (read opposite)where the candidate Fillon had arrived everywhere in the lead in 2017, the French of Monaco did not seem to have been convinced by the personality of Valérie Pécresse, credited with only 144 votes (6.02%), behind Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his 157 votes ( 6.56%).
Christophe Pisciotta, president of the consular council and delegate of Valérie Pécresse, regrets that attention has focused on the form – “his charisma, his ability to express himself in public ” – rather than on the merits.
Conversely of his favorite candidate who immediately announced his support for Emmanuel Macron in the second round, Christophe Pisciotta is playing the watch. “The LR office, around Christian Jacob, will meet tomorrow [lire aujourd’hui] to decide on an instruction for the second round. I invite LR voters to follow this news. My concern is that this election appoints a president who will be able to enable us to face the difficulties that we will encounter for the next five years and who is attentive to the problems of French people abroad. ; and in particular of Monaco.”
“He will have no choice”
For Michelle Mauduit-Pallanca, adviser to French nationals living abroad Monaco, the fact that the far right is in ambush “require to” Emmanuel Macron “to consider expanding its electorate and, beyond that, to form a government that responds to a realistic social project if it wants to be able to carry out reforms successfully. The task will not be easy but it will not have the choice.”
One thing is certain, a good number of crossed voters judged this presidential campaign not at the level. “Disastrous” for Francis, retired. “Chaotic”, for Theo, 21, left-wing voter. “Wrong”, for Catherine and Jean-Yves, railing against the outgoing president who refused to debate. All, on the other hand, hammered home the democratic importance of the voter. “We are all taken by our lives. But the least we can do is go and vote, even if we slip in a blank ballot. Otherwise, we have no right to complain”, breathed Martine.