"We will try to ask the right questions to Eric Zemmour next week since he will be in your place, right here", confirmed Laurent Ruquier who received this Saturday evening the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, for the premiere of "We are live ”, in tandem with Léa Salamé. The star presenters of France 2, who assured that the CNews polemicist would "be a candidate", could also have announced the presence of Anne Hidalgo, the same evening. Commitments had been made between the production of the talk show and the mayor of Paris. That was before this political guest raised agenda issues and postponed her participation to the following weeks. And for good reason.
According to our information, Anne Hidalgo has reserved her word for another channel and another much more exposed time: the 20 Hours of TF1.
A date has already been set: Sunday September 12.
It was that evening that Hidalgo would have chosen to announce his candidacy for the presidential election, facing the journalist Anne-Claire Coudray.
"It's an old school strategy but it's quite logical," slips a TV professional.
Contacted, the management of TF1 does not wish to make any comments.
Montebourg's candidacy would have precipitated things
On the side of Anne Hidalgo's entourage, we refuse to confirm or deny the information. But according to a socialist framework, several options would actually be in negotiation with TF1 including participation in the 20 Hours of September 12. Another source at the PS also confides that the option of the JT is in the pipes. "But it can move until the last moment depending on the news," she warns. A lot can happen in a week: it will only be confirmed at the very last moment. "
Still, it is now certain that Anne Hidalgo, whose candidacy is no longer in doubt, will declare herself before the Congress of the Socialist Party on September 18 and 19 in Villeurbanne (Rhône), where she is expected. The debate initiated among the Greens as part of the primary but also the candidacy of Arnaud Montebourg, this Saturday, would have pushed him to accelerate. "She wants to lock things up", slips a socialist. Another confirms: “This is the right time. After the PS Blois summer school at the end of August, which was a rather successful launching pad, his candidacy has become an open secret. She can't wait any longer. "
