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Presidential: on the left, the sweet dream of a single candidate

2021-08-01T18:38:50.068Z


Faced with the proliferation of ambitions, activists are trying to organize a “popular primary”. Claimed by many supporters, the idea of ​​a joint candidacy for 2022 has become, over the months, a kind of wishful thinking on the left. Anne Hidalgo is - almost - unanimous within the PS, Jean-Luc Mélenchon remains the natural candidate at LFI and the Greens have planned to appoint theirs during a primary in September. A collective of activists - all of whom are closely or remotely involved in t


Claimed by many supporters, the idea of ​​a joint candidacy for 2022 has become, over the months, a kind of wishful thinking on the left. Anne Hidalgo is - almost - unanimous within the PS, Jean-Luc Mélenchon remains the natural candidate at LFI and the Greens have planned to appoint theirs during a primary in September. A collective of activists - all of whom are closely or remotely involved in the struggles for the climate - do not budge and demand a primary of all the left, already baptized "the popular primary".

“We are trying to twist the arms of the parties a little, to force their hand. The dispersion of applications only rolls out the red carpet to the three rights, ”

says Samuel Grzybowski, spokesperson for the collective.

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Several stages are planned: the first, in progress, is to allow Internet users to propose, or sponsor, candidates on the online platform.

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Source: lefigaro

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