In Toulouse, “if Macron announces Mélenchon prime minister, I vote for him! »
In Toulouse, the star is Mélenchon, second round or not. Gathered in their premises in the Patte-d’Oie district, around fifteen activists from the Popular Union watched the debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen without passion. In the Pink City, their leader came out on top in the first round with 36.93% of the vote, far ahead of Emmanuel Macron and relegating Marine Le Pen to 9.54%. Suffice to say that the debate was not used.
For Ismaël Youssouf-Huard, 18, coordinator of the Young Insoumis 31, it was not necessary, in any case, “expect a lot, especially on green issues”. Around a bottle of organic cider and aperitif biscuits, Hélène Magdo, municipal councilor, Mathieu, 42, Jean-Paul, 70, or Julien, 37 – most of whom wanted to remain anonymous – regretted “a sluggish debate, flush with the daisies, or too techno”.
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On a notebook, note Hélène Magdo, in two columns, the words or ideas gleaned from Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s program. Another admits that if “Macron announces that he will appoint Mélenchon as prime minister, I vote for him! ».
Indecision dominates
If they don’t “of illusions about content”as Jean-Paul notes, all found Marine Le Pen “even less strong than in 2017”, “it was still shrunk, fortunately, that said”. For Gabriel, 22, who is voting in his first presidential election, “After a debate like that, he will make 60%. As a result, I know even less how to vote on Sunday”he said.
For all activists, it is still indecision that dominates. While most participated in the online consultation organized by the People’s Union, the televised debate did not bring many answers. For Julien, who just posted one or two Instagram messages, proof of the inactivity of “rebellious” virtual discussions: “I still don’t know, I think I’m going to make my decision in the voting booth, at the last moment. » Same hesitations for Mathieu, who regrets that “it is on the voters of the left that we put this pressure of the useful vote, or of dam”.
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