Ugo Bernalicis at a public meeting of La France Insoumise, 2019. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI\u2019m not a fervent believer in unity before all else,\u201d Bernalicis says. \u201cI think first of all one needs to convince people on the basis of politics, and if it\u2019s just to defend milquetoast policies, then it\u2019s not worth it. So, we\u2019ll see the result and if a dynamic takes hold.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bernalicis says he thinks his coalition can win, but genuinely isn\u2019t sure what\u2019ll happen. \u201cIt\u2019ll depend on how the electorate and our electors perceive this union,\u201d he says. \u201cOftentimes people think that if one candidate gets 5 percent and the other 6 percent, that if they get together, that means 11 percent. No, sometimes it\u2019s 8 percent, sometimes it\u2019s 15 percent. Sometimes it subtracts, sometimes it can multiply.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe get messages saying \u2018Ah this is scandalous, this is an electoral calculation.\u2019 And I get just as many saying, \u2018Bravo! finally you\u2019re together,\u2019\u201d Bernalicis continues. \u201cEven if I\u2019m an actor in all this, I\u2019m curious to see the result and to be able to analyze it at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n \n \n \n\n \n
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