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66 parliamentarians call for a primary to avoid an LFI-RN runoff

66 parliamentarians call for a primary to avoid an LFI-RN runoff

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Key facts

  • For weeks, opinion polls have indicated that the extremes, on the left as on the right, would at this hour be qualified for the second round. The…
  • Should the exercise be limited to the right and the center, or extended as far as the social-democratic left? The op-ed does not settle this alternative.
  • The appeal comes five months before the presidential deadline. It forms part of a debate that is already stirring this start of the campaign.

For weeks, opinion polls have indicated that the extremes, on the left as on the right, would at this hour be qualified for the second round. The republican forces would be eliminated from it.

Should the exercise be limited to the right and the center, or extended as far as the social-democratic left? The op-ed does not settle this alternative.

The appeal comes five months before the presidential deadline. It forms part of a debate that is already stirring this start of the campaign.

The scope of this consultation nevertheless remains under discussion, including among its supporters.

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