"Parachuting" politically well known personalities unexpectedly, into constituencies which are considered safe and easily winnable, is sometimes a real gamble. Local electors want local representatives who understand their problems !!!
The distress of Segolene Royal was all over the European Press and on television recently.
Another example is Jacques Lang, a former Socialist Minister in the Mitterand era who was parachuted into the Vosges area in Eastern France. He too was not accepted and was expectedly beaten.
Melenchon, the Left-Front leader, parachuted himself into his constitiuency with the avowed aim of beating Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National Front. He failed lamentably in the first round when he did not get the minimum 12.5% of votes to qualify for the next round.
Claude Gueant, the former Interior Minister of Sarkozy, was parachuted into a constituency in Boulogne Haut de Seine but was beaten by another UMP candidate !!!
There were at least two successful candidates who were parachuted !!! Henry Guaino, the Sarkozy Speech-writer got help from a candidate who withdrew. He will be part of the team who will try to reorganise the UMP party in time for the next election !!!
Likewise, the faithful Sarkozy Prime Minister during 5 years, François Fillon, was given a safe seat in Paris and won comfortably.
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