“The eternal tragedy of the left: divided, it plays into the hands of the right and the far right”, lamented Sunday evening on Twitter the president of the Belgian PS, Paul Magnette, while the socialist candidate for the French presidential election, Anne Hidalgo, obtained less than 2% of the vote. This is a historically low score. “The left must now unite to block Marine Le Pen and beat Emmanuel Macron in the legislative elections to prevent him from carrying out his anti-social and anti-climatic policy”, he added.
The president of the MR, Georges-Louis Bouchez, congratulated Emmanuel Macron, indicating that it was “an encouraging result for France and Europe”. The politician also commented on the defeat of the socialist camp carried by Anne Hidalgo, emphasizing “the bankruptcy of a disconnected PS”.
