Heavy defeat of Emmanuelle Ménard in the 6th constituency of Hérault: and after ?

Emmanuelle et Robert Ménard ont affiché leur complicité, ce dimanche soir, après l’annonce des résultats et de la défaite. Midi Libre – SYLVIE CAMBON

Le couple Ménard n’est pas habitué aux défaites en politique. Dimanche soir, ils ont dû accepter les résultats et ont souhaité se montrer unis et sereins pour la suite. Même si le RN devient un adversaire plus que sérieux au niveau local.

The defeat of Emmanuelle Ménard and a loss of momentum in Béziers itself (more than 3,000 votes behind the RN candidate in the commune) in favor of an ambitious RN, who has also always enjoyed a comfortable electoral base in the city of Riquet, are they sounding the death knell of a new era?
Could dissensions arise within the municipal majority which includes a few elected officials from the RN ? "There are no dissensions between us because we do not we are not united on a political basis but on a program for Béziers", replies Robert Ménard, who appeared close to his wife, in front of her campaign premises, place Jean- Jaurès, this Sunday evening, following the results.

"I'm not worried"

As for the next elections, in this case the municipal elections of 2026, they will undoubtedly see an RN candidate on the starting line, alongside Robert Ménard. Since the latter stated the day after the dissolution that he would ultimately run for a third term (in place of his wife).
But here again and for such a local issue, the chief magistrate brushes aside any concerns: “Julien Gabarron, I don't know him, I've never met him. The only time he made headlines was when he pulled a dirty trick on ASBH (he bought the intellectual property of part of the slogan “aqui es béziers” Editor's note) but people don't know that. I have 18 months to remind them. I'm not worried about the weeks and months to come. We've never stopped working, we're hard workers."

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