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Don't I know that. Especially as the gap between them in the polls has significantly narrowed in four years (so far, Macron's still ahead at 54%, but it's a far cry from the 66% he won with in the first place).
And with Jean-Luc Mélenchon's position weakened, with the communists and ecologists having chosen to front their own candidates this time (and the less is said about the socialists, the better), things aren't looking good for the left.
On the other side of the aisle, the upcoming regional elections saw drama unfold amidst Les Républicains in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, when incumbent Renaud Muselier came under heavy criticism for having put some macronist candidates on his list against his party's wishes, with many considering him a "sellout" and calling for his head until LREM decided to just support his list without candidates of their own (which didn't prevent the local federation from withdrawing their support, even as the party's direction maintained theirs). Already, his list is in a losing position against the RN's, led by... former LR Thierry Mariani.