 In his Verdun-sur-le-Doubs speech, President Giscard d'Estaing warned the French voters that he could not prevent the enforcement of the left-wing "Common programme" if the "Union of Left" won.However, Socialists and Communists did not update their "Common programme" due to increasing tension between the two parties resulting from the PS gaining in electoral success at the PCF's expense.Contrary to what polls indicated, the Presidential Majority won but it obtained only 2,284 votes more than the "Union of Left".