The Constitutional Council, through the voice of its president Laurent Fabius, announces Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. the official results of the presidential election. Results that we already know: 58.54% of voters re-elected Emmanuel Macron on Sunday. And some went there backwards to block Marine Le Pen. So what are these voters waiting for now? The correspondent for Europe 1 in the West handed them the microphone in the streets of Rennes. A historic stronghold of the PS where the candidate in Rennes collected only 15% of the votes in the second round. They represent the broad spectrum of Rennes voters, from the extreme left “ni-ni” to the center right.
“I would have liked to vote PS”
Only one thing grants them, the fact of not seeing the extreme right in power. “I’m rather reassured, but I don’t consider it a victory”, explains a Rennais. “If it had been the far right, I was ready to demonstrate,” confirms Aline, previously seduced by Philippe Poutou of the NPA. A great relief, and nothing else: “I don’t feel represented at all by the new president. These reforms are not going to go in the right direction, especially pensions. It’s terrible, there are a lot of bodies of trade where they are exhausted”, she assures.
Less critical, Pierre, a student from a major school, prefers to bet on an awareness of the Macron camp. “I would have liked to vote PS, with a more presidential left,” he begins. “I’m more skeptical about the status of public service and I’m not even referring to the McKinsey scandal.”
To trust or bet on a cohabitation?
Philippe, foreman, says “Attention” to the president. He believes that certain measures will have to produce their effects very soon. “You need someone who is a driving force,” he predicts. “I don’t know who he will take in his next government, but it would be good if there were people from all sides [politiques]Voters are divided on the legislative elections, torn between trusting the new re-elected president or being tempted by cohabitation. A possibility after the elections, on June 12 and 19. The consultations, in any case, will continue and intensify in all directions.