Vote of the French in Romandie – Macron extolled, Le Pen dropped to 5th place

– Macron extolled, Le Pen failed at the 5th^e place

Nearly half (44%) of the votes from French-speaking Switzerland devote the outgoing president, ahead of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Eric Zemmour and Yannick Jadot.

Posted today at 3:40 p.m.

First round of the French presidential election in Geneva. Here, in the center of the image, Mireille, the president of one of the Cycle des Voirets polling stations in Plan-les-Ouates.

PIERRE ALBOUY

President Emmanuel Macron is popular with his compatriots established in French-speaking Switzerland. The Consulate General in Geneva transmitted the results from the 107 polling stations established on Sunday for the first round of the French presidential election in six French-speaking cantons (all except Bern). The current tenant of the Élysée is much more popular there than in his own country.

Emmanuel Macron comes out on top, with 44.13% of the vote, a surplus of more than sixteen points compared to his score announced on Monday at the national level (and a jump of eleven points compared to his score in Romandie in 2017 , where he narrowly took the lead of the peloton). As was the case in the French municipalities of the Greater Geneva conurbation, the votes from French-speaking Switzerland gave second place on the podium to Jean-Luc Mélenchon instead of Marine Le Pen. At 18.86% on Swiss soil, the rebellious is however three points below his national score.