Even Anne Hidalgo (PS) called this Sunday evening the left to come together behind Julien Bayou.
The national secretary of EELV is the big winner on the left of the Ile-de-France political spectrum.
“Tonight in our region, anything is possible!
There is a path to victory.
Change is at hand.
It is 9:25 pm at the Parisian campaign headquarters of the Greens and Julien Bayou, head of the list of Europe Ecology the Greens (EELV) in Ile-de-France, speaks to the applause of his campaign team.
With 13.7% of the vote, Julien Bayou comes ahead of Audrey Pulvar (PS, 11.2%) and Clémentine Autain (LFI-PC, 10.1%).
The green candidate even passes in front of Laurent Saint-Martin (LREM) who tops out at 11.8%!
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At the head of the left lists, Julien Bayou, looking serious but visibly relieved, already has his eyes fixed on the second round: “Tonight I call on the left and ecology lists to come together and merge.
"Faced with the cameras which assail him, the strong man of the Ile-de-France left makes no secret of the negotiations that he will have to carry out a good part of the night:" We will start the merger in good order tonight to be in campaign starting tomorrow (Monday).
There are of course nuances but nothing blocking.
The challenge is to turn the page on the Pécresse system.
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"We can conquer the region"
Obviously, on Audrey Pulvar's side, the pill is bitter. “We failed to convince. I'm disapointed. "It is with these words that Audrey Pulvar, socialist candidate, cashed in the results, surrounded by her staff, very discreet including Emmanuelle Cosse, Eric Pliez or Emmanuel Grégoire with his crutches. The socialist candidate remained barricaded for nearly 2 hours. At 9:30 p.m., when the estimates fell, relegating Anne Hidalgo's colt to 4th position, with 11.2% of the vote, Audrey Pulvar did not appear. "We are waiting for the positions to stabilize," said another member of his staff, hinting at the upcoming negotiations. “It is not a defeat of Anne Hidalgo, insisted Emmanuel Grégoire. No sanction. We accept the verdict of the ballot box. "
At 10 p.m., the rebellious deputy Clémentine Autain appears in her HQ on rue Amelot (XIth), she radiant. "We're happy, and you haven't finished hearing about us," she blurted out to thunderous applause. At this point, it is at 10.1%. With Julien Bayou, we will be neck and neck with Valérie Pécresse, it's historic. And, faced with this right which flirts with the extremes, we will not let go. We can conquer the region. "