Macronie didn’t take too many risks when he parachuted Elisabeth Borne in to the 6th Calvados constituency, which had voted for Emmanuel Macron last April (29.79%). The new Prime Minister came out victorious this Sunday after the second round of legislative elections. She received 34.34% of votes, after counting 99%. On June 17, Noe Gauchard (candidate for Nupes) will challenge her.
Although this result may not be surprising, it is a relief for Elisabeth Borne. The executive said it would follow tradition, which has been established since Nicolas Sarkozy’s election in 2007. This executive wants any ministers who lose in the legislative elections to quit the executive. “To believe that we will be carried in the majority dynamics resulting out the presidential election alone is a mistake” she warned during a videoconference at the end May with around 200 candidates from “Together”, an alliance around Emmanuel Macron.
The Matignon tenant will now transform the test on Sunday. After having dominated the first round (37.01%), the candidate La Republique en Marche Alain Tourret won easily the second round against National Rally five years ago. .
Furthermore, if she was elected to office on June 19, it would be her first election mandate. Borne is more used to holding ministerial portfolios, such as Transport between 2017 and 2019, Ecological transition until July 2020, and Labor and Employment until last mai. Freddy Sertin, his deputy, would take his hypothetical seat at the National Assembly.
