Friday morning in the columns of the newspaper
L'Humanité
, Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the PCF, announced that a Communist candidacy in 2022 would not be a surprise.
At midday, on the set of "Talk Le Figaro", Stéphane Peu, Communist deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis, did not seem to share the same presidential ambitions for the party.
Certain that "
there will be no alternative to the Macron-Le Pen duel which is emerging, if the left is shattered
", the deputy therefore calls on the left "
in all its diversity
to
agree to present a joint candidacy
”in 2022.
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Now that the most liberal branch of the PS "
has passed to LREM and that things have become clearer in the last municipal elections
", underlines the municipal councilor of Saint-Denis, "
we can consider that, of the PS as it is today ' hui at LFI, through environmentalists, that's the left today ”
.
If the elected representative pleads so much in favor of a common candidacy, perhaps he is convinced, in view of the weight it weighs today, that the PCF cannot get out of the game by doing rider alone.
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He considers the candidacy of the Insubordinate as "
legitimate
", and also recalls his precedence in the presidential race.
"
Mélenchon was absolutely right,
" he continues, to choose this calendar, where many considered the moment to be inappropriate to announce electoral ambitions, in a context of crisis.
"
On the contrary, I am completely
", loose the Communist, assuring that "
never had so many political debates on the substance with my fellow citizens as at this moment, because this crisis poses a whole series of questions
", insists- he does.
"Common application"
What will be his line for 2022?
"
Until the end, I will try to ensure that there is only one candidacy on the left"
, insists the Communist, refusing the possibility of a Communist-Mélenchon duel.
"
If unfortunately there should not be a common candidacy, I think that that of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, to represent our camp in the broad sense, seems to me quite legitimate," he
concedes.
The presidential election is still far away, and for the time being, "
I am working on a scenario, that of a joint candidacy
," maintains Stéphane Peu.
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On a number of subjects, however, discussions are likely to be heated and speaking with one voice could prove complicated.
In the event that Mélenchon would play the match against an EELV, PCF or PS candidate,
"it seems to me the most legitimate",
advances the elected.
For his part, very attached to the sovereignty of France in industrial and economic matters, on the production of medicines, but also and especially on the energy question, Stéphane Peu is convinced that “
sovereignty will be one of the major subjects of the debate of the presidential ”.
Convinced that, for the moment, the French are thirsty for reflection and answers, the elected representative insists that it is necessary
"now to do a lot of politics with them because they do not understand the weakening of our country, totally dependent on it. 'foreigner
', concludes the deputy.
