Like a last warm-up before taking the plunge.
"She took the temperature for a long time, but this time she's going!"
, ignites a close friend of Anne Hidalgo.
"I have a lot, a lot of enthusiasm and energy"
, confirmed the PS mayor of Paris, received with great pomp at the parliamentary days of the Socialists Tuesday in Montpellier.
Before embarking on the race, the future candidate wanted to ensure one last time the support of elected socialists.
"This new school year shows that you have made the choice of loyalty to your political family, that you have never lost sight of the general interest"
, she greeted them in the introduction.
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The official announcement of his candidacy should take place in the coming days, surely on Sunday.
If a television interview is planned, a move out of Paris is also a hypothesis.
Over the weeks, this real-false suspense will have ended up creating an open secret, preventing any surprise effect.
During the press conference at the end of the day, the journalists' questions erupted.
“You have your team, your project.
What is preventing you from declaring yourself? ”
Response from the mayor of Paris:
"Nothing at all."
Proof that it is only a matter of hours ...
"It is neither by hesitation nor by coquetry"
, justified Anne Hidalgo.
“We can not do anything if we are not sure of having foundations, points of agreement to talk to the country. I believe that we have them, and that they are solid ”
, indicated Anne Hidalgo, who is keen above all to carry the candidacy of a
“ collective ”
. A small group of mayors of large cities or presidents of regions - also called "the gang of quadras" - is now part of Anne Hidalgo's close guard. Among them: Carole Delga, president of the Occitanie region, Michaël Delafosse, mayor of Montpellier, Johanna Rolland, mayor of Nantes…
“We have within us this intimate knowledge of what people's lives are like. We don't tell a story ”,
underlined the Parisian councilor.
“I won't be alone.
We will not be alone, ”
she certified.
A project around four pillars
The future candidate took advantage of this seminar to answer a question shared by several elected officials: would not her mandate as mayor of Paris be a foil for many French people?
"I feel very comfortable with this question,"
assured Anne Hidalgo, while criticism regularly returns from her opponents.
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“Paris appears to be the place of the elites. It is true that there are many, but am I the embodiment of the elites? I was born in Spain, I grew up in Lyon, I went, as they say, to Paris for my job. Many people who have sought to plant their roots have found refuge there, and so do I
, ”she said. Anne Hidalgo also claims to be
"of the people of Paris"
, and not
"of the central power"
.
"I am here because the people of Paris love their freedom, their independence won through a hard fight, and I defend their interests"
, she wanted to recall.
Anne Hidalgo also prefers to see her cap as mayor of Paris as an
"asset"
.
“Not many potential or declared candidates have had management experience on this scale.
And I think that in the years to come, it will be better to avoid improvisations, ”
she said.
The argument should come back throughout the campaign ...
Regarding her program, Anne Hidalgo remained in the tradition of her first pre-campaign speech in Villeurbanne at the beginning of July.
Its project revolves around four pillars: attachment to republican values, valuing work, ecological transition and France's place within the European Union.
