Marseille, presidential playground? In any case, the city has been the subject of severe competition for the past few days between several candidates for the 2022 election. The first battle is being played out on the right. The ex-LR president of Hauts-de-France Xavier Bertrand, declared candidate for 2022, and Michel Barnier, contender for the right-wing primary, will surely cross paths: the two men must speak this Friday at the Entrepreneurs' Forum. The opportunity may be to react to the announcements of the President of the Republic as part of the “Marseille en grand” plan.
From Thursday evening, the former Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, notably dined at the Vélodrome stadium with, among others, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM group, one of the leaders in terms of transport. For her part, the ex-LR president of the Île-de-France region Valérie Pécresse, also a candidate for the primary, must have lunch with several right-wing elected officials and in particular the LR president of Bouches-du-Rhône and the Metropolis, Martine Vassal. The former Budget Minister will also speak in the afternoon on her vision of biodiversity in the region.
On the left, it is the leader of France Insoumise Jean-Luc Mélenchon who has occupied the media the most in recent days. Present from the arrival of Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, the deputy of the South-East quickly denounced a President of the Republic in "
electoral campaign
"
.
Faced with criticism from the government spokesperson - who does not believe that "
Jean-Luc-Mélenchon is very present in Marseille where he is elected
" - the LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis, Alexis Corbière, replied on Friday that "If
Mr. Attal did not tap on his phone, he would have already heard Jean-Luc Mélenchon call several times
(the government in the National Assembly, Editor's note)
on the situation
" in Marseille
.
The LFI presidential candidate also met Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday evening during a meeting with several elected officials.
Also campaigning in the city on Thursday, the EELV mayor of Grenoble and candidate for the ecological primary, Éric Piolle, must be present at the World Conservation Congress organized there.
Not yet a candidate to renew his mandate, Emmanuel Macron has settled in Marseille for three days to meet the many security, housing and trafficking challenges facing the city. A trip that looks like a campaign for the Head of State, who hopes to make Marseille a laboratory to launch his first tracks for 2022. With this in mind, Emmanuel Macron found this Friday morning his former Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Nicolas Hulot, for a tour of the Calanques by boat, before attending the opening of the World Conservation Congress. The former TV host will bring some proposals to Emmanuel Macron, who will take over the presidency of the European Union in January 2022.
