Special envoy to Clamecy (Nièvre)
Even if it means bringing back bad memories to PSG supporters, Arnaud Montebourg offers a
"remount"
to France. A slogan that he unveiled on Saturday afternoon from the town hall of Clamecy (Nièvre) where he formalized his candidacy for the presidential election. Arrived at his desk to an air of Johnny Halliday, the former minister of François Hollande explained that he wanted to represent
"this silent and dignified France"
, that
"of the sub-prefectures"
,
"economically crushed, politically forgotten but overflowing with envy"
. A speech in opposition to
Emmanuel Macron's
“contempt”
for the French.
“Sometimes refractory Gauls, sometimes lazy, sometimes illiterate, without counting, I quote: 'those who are nothing'.
The time has come to say, on behalf of those who would be nothing that, in a democracy, they are, on the contrary, everything, ”
he said, in front of some 300 people, most of them already convinced.
"Years have passed and nothing has changed"
To speak to this
“territorial”
France
,
Arnaud Montebourg suggests that
“the reindustrialisation”
of the country should henceforth be considered as the
“first great national cause”
. A fight that he has always maintained, and especially when he was Minister of Productive Recovery under François Hollande.
“I think back to these fights and projects that I carried for 20 years and which, in their time, did not convince, provoked refusals, sometimes rejections. The years have passed and nothing has changed "
, he lamented, citing in particular the dismantling of Arcelor, Alcatel, Lafarge ..."
The events which followed have given these fights an unusual retrospective force ",
he added. he wanted to emphasize.
"La Remontada is first of all to rebuild the industrial jewels, disappeared or lost"
, affirmed the former socialist.
In the same vein, Arnaud Montebourg also promised to
"raise wages"
.
"Can we live in a country where we applaud the invisible front-line professions at night, but where we forget every morning that they are underpaid?"
, he asked.
As expected, the new candidate also raised security issues, proposing a
"policy of republican severity"
.
"We must take this bull by the horns and face those who defy the law, the rules and protect the population,"
he said.
"I came here free and without a party"
Creator of several small businesses, Arnaud Montebourg has certified that he
"did not live on politics"
and that he was not looking for
"a job"
. A snub to its other competitors already engaged in the presidential race.
"I came here, free and without a political party, with no other attachment than my convictions and my experience,"
he said. The candidate also describes himself as
"unclassifiable"
on the political spectrum.
"I am a leftist true to my values, but I chose to go to France," he
insists.
“My dear compatriots, the right-wing parties do not know how to protect you against injustices, the left parties do not know how to protect you against insecurity. The French do not see any alternative, ”
he said.
"My project is to move up France by uniting French people who do not speak to each other, do not know each other, but will have to support each other"
, he summed up in conclusion.
“You are the social majority in France, the beating heart of the country. Now is the time to realize it. You can become the political majority in France, ”
he promised, to the applause provided by the audience. It remains to be seen whether this first speech, very dense, will allow Arnaud Montebourg to operate a
"remount" ...
in the polls. In the last, the former minister is gauged between 2 and 5% of the voting intentions.