After an express campaign, Mélanie Thomin, 38 -year -old teacher, terrace the president of the National Assembly in his Finistérien stronghold. This defeat and those of some of his relatives announce imminent political recompositions.
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He waited to receive the latest results of the remains of each of the seventy communes of the 6 e district of Finistère to express themselves, Sunday, June 19. Richard Ferrand wanted to be sure of the result before pronouncing the slightest word. The president of the National Assembly knew that his re -election as a deputy would be complicated after the first round of the legislative elections. He was then in favorable tank of a thousand votes in front of a 38 -year -old socialist, Mélanie Thomin, invested by the new Ecological and Social Popular Union (Nuts). However, he did not expect to bow in this fief which he plowed since the early 1990s.
At 8:30 p.m., under a spray that claws the faces, Richard Ferrand finally comes out of his country premises nestled on the heights of Chateaulin (Finistère) to announce the verdict. Serious mine, he interrupts the first questions that fuse: “Wait, it’s me who begins and finished.” Then, he starts in a monocorded tone: “I took note of the results indicating that the voters and electricities of The 6 e district of Finistère have chosen to elect my competitor. I want to thank those who have focused on my name. I want to congratulate the one who won the election this evening and Form for her, for France and for the territory of full success wishes. “
After forty-three seconds of intervention, he turns his heels without detailing the reasons for his defeat or speaking on his future. He who was preparing to resume his place in the perch of the National Assembly fell from above.
A few steps away, in a municipal hall, Mélanie Thomin savor her victory obtained thanks to 50.85 % of the votes. It has more than 800 votes in advance on Richard Ferrand. Tenborn face, trembling hands, the socialist reads a text to describe her desire to work on the issues related to rurality, age, climate change … Then thank those who supported him during this express campaign. Before the birth of the clip, she had not imagined challenging Richard Ferrand, “this colossus with clay feet”. Finally, she was propelled candidate. Little believed in his chances.
After the start of the slow campaign, she finally managed to stand up to the president of the Assembly. In a second -round duel which took turns of referendum for or against Richard Ferrand, Mélanie Thomin has filled her delay by taking advantage of distrust of Emmanuel Macron expressed in this inner Brittany where wages are the most modest of the region and where the inhabitants cannot live without cars.
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