Legislative. Valls, Blanquer … The presidential majority unveils some of its candidates – Ouest-France

La République en Marche, renamed Renaissance, unveiled Thursday, May 5, 2022 a first salvo of 187 majority candidates for the legislative elections: 94 women, 93 men with an average age of 49 years. Among them, 101 outgoing deputies and 86 new candidates. These are the first candidates validated by Emmanuel Macron, president re-elected on April 24 during the presidential election. In total, 577 LREM candidates will present themselves. Follow our live dedicated to the legislative elections, this Thursday, May 5 Manuel Valls, Jean-Michel Blanquer and Gabriel Attal invested This Thursday morning, several ministers announced their candidacy for the legislative elections. The current Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin will be a candidate in the 10th district of the North, which includes part of the city of Tourcoing, of which he was mayor. Labor Minister Elisabeth Borne will be a candidate in the 6th constituency of Calvados. Former Prime Minister Manuel Valls was invested by the presidential majority in the constituency of French people living abroad for the June legislative elections, as well as ministers Jean-Michel Blanquer in Loiret and Gabriel Attal in Hauts-de-Seine . Among the other personalities involved, Richard Ferrand, President of the Assembly, in Finistère, Clément Beaune, Secretary of State for European Affairs, in Paris, Éric Woerth, Deputy, in Oise, Emmanuelle Wargon, Minister Delegate in charge of Housing, in Val-de-Marne, Amélie de Montchalin, Minister for Transformation and Public Service, in Essonne, Oliver Dussopt, Minister Delegate for Public Accounts, in Ardèche and Laurent Pietraszewski, Secretary of State in charge of Pensions and Occupational Health, in the North. Bruno Le Maire, Éric Dupond-Moretti and Marlène Schiappa not candidates Conversely, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire announced that he would not run again in Eure, as did the Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti and the Minister Delegate for Citizenship Marlène Schiappa. A second salvo of LREM names should be made public soon, while the first round of the legislative elections is organized on Sunday June 12. Legislative. Valls, Blanquer… The presidential majority unveils some of its candidatesEXPAND