The Socialists are savoring it.
At the end of the second round of regional, the rose party kept its five regions and won Reunion, right since 2010. The PS sees a good signal within a year of the presidential election.
Invited on TF1, the first secretary indeed believes that
“the driving force that is the PS”
now has
“the responsibility of bringing together all of the left and environmentalists in order to be able to move towards the presidential election”
.
Since his election at the head of the party in 2018, Olivier Faure pleads for a single candidacy on the left in 2022.
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On the other hand, there is obviously a little disappointment on the side of the environmentalists. The Greens dreamed of winning a region, to continue the dynamics of Europeans and municipal. Julien Bayou, the national secretary of EELV, however wants to remain optimistic, judging that
"ecology is the only force in dynamics"
.
“This evening the ecologists consolidate their anchoring by gathering more than 12% of the votes in this ballot. I thank the millions of voters who trusted us,
”he said in a speech to the activists. Regarding the very strong abstention, Julien Bayou called
"a historic leap"
for the presidential election
"around a project for the climate, social justice, for democracy: an ecological project".