The mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry, supports Anne Hidalgo on Wednesday to represent the Socialist Party in the presidential election in April 2022. She believes that the mayor of Paris has “a real vision of France today”.
"I think that it is really the person today who, at the same time by its history, by its course, by its way of working (...) knows the situation of the French, because it showed in Paris that she had convictions, that she quickly went from speech to action, and that she has a real vision of France today, ”said Martine Aubry on franceinfo.
Presidential 2022: "I think that Anne Hidalgo is the person who knows by her history, her career and her way of working the situation of the French. She has a real vision of France today", explains Martine Aubry, mayor PS from Lille pic.twitter.com/JwqFafiELV
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"We should be happy to have someone who is recognized internationally," she continued, recalling in passing their friendship "of 30 years".
The current mayor of Paris is a former member of Martine Aubry's cabinet at the Ministry of Employment, between 1997 and 2002.
At the PS, "Anne has already filled up"
If Anne Hidalgo has not yet formalized her candidacy, Martine Aubry says she has "few doubts" that she is launching.
She ensures that "Anne has already filled up" at the PS, while an internal primary must take place after the party congress (September 18-19).
The candidacy of the mayor of Paris, welcomed by socialist activists, is also supported by the first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure.
But other voices want "a debate" including Stéphane le Foll, candidate for the internal primary.
"We have to stop talking to each other, between our primary, and we yell at the neighbor, etc."
This is no longer possible.
They are fed up, the French, with all these staging, all these egos, ”said Martine Aubry.
"I think we must now let Anne do, that is to say, the day she announces her candidacy, that she can speak to the French.
Let us finally talk about their problems again instead of talking about our own problems, ”she concluded.
