Legislative: would Emmanuel Macron have made a poisoned gift to Manuel Valls? – The Independent

At 59, Manuel Valls, unsuccessful candidate for these legislative elections on the 5th constituency of French people living abroad (Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Monaco), seems to be entering into a political retirement (or pre-retirement?). Manuel Valls, who did not respond to our requests on Sunday evening, nor this Monday, may be on the threshold of a new life. That he would have started on Sunday, within two hours of the confirmation of the results which excluded him from the race for the Assembly, with a retirement from social networks. “Goodbye Twitter…”, then posted the former Prime Minister before deactivating his account, with more than one million subscribers. Read also: Legislative 2022: Eliminated in the first round on Sunday, Manuel Valls closes his Twitter account, a step towards a withdrawal from public life? A wounded political beast Manuel Valls is a wounded political beast. He did not manage to settle in Catalan politics despite his election, in opposition, to the mayor of Barcelona. And he failed this time to conquer a mandate that married his personal life perfectly: one foot in France, one foot in Spain. A big gap which did not seem dangerous for this Catalan naturalized French at the age of 18, but whose round trips between Paris and Barcelona exasperated the Barcelonans but also, therefore, the French expatriates in Catalonia who were not only a few thousand to place their trust in him. To read also: Legislative elections – Tombeur de Manuel Valls, Stéphane Vojetta notes it: “My understanding of the field was the right one” Circo poisoned? Sunday evening therefore, with barely 15% of the votes, his last message on Twitter spoke of this failure: “An election is a moment of truth. It is up to me to lucidly draw the consequences”. Gave a minimum voting instruction: “For the second round, I call to block the candidate of Nupes”. But also evoked his life after: “Life is beautiful enough to turn the pages quietly”. Not sure that the next will be written in politics. But the failure of Manuel Valls on a circuit cut for him, at least on paper, is also that of the presidential camp. Except to imagine that Emmanuel Macron knowingly gave him a poisoned gift. But who would imagine that? Read also: Legislative in Spain, Andorra, Portugal, Monaco: interview with Renaud Le Berre, Nupes candidate, first qualified for the 2nd round ahead of S. Vojetta and M. Valls