One month before the end of citizen sponsorship to nominate a common candidate on the left for the presidential election, the “Popular Primary” has already registered 83,000 registered on Saturday, placing Christiane Taubira and François Ruffin in the lead for the moment, the association said. Saturday in Marseille.
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The end of sponsorship is scheduled for October 11, the date on which the five women and five men pre-selected by the citizens registered on the secure platform Neovote will be known "
to save ecology and social justice in 2022
", explained Samuel. Grzybowsi, spokesperson for this “Popular Primary”, Saturday in Marseille, on the occasion of the launch of the official video of the movement.
Registered citizens will then vote among these ten candidates, between December 9 and 12, to nominate a potential single candidate from the left forces for the 2022 presidential election.
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"The degrowth and rejection of presidentialism"
Two months after the opening of these citizen sponsorships, it is therefore the former Minister of Justice under the Hollande presidency and the rebellious “deputy-reporter” who lead the dance, in front of several of the declared presidential candidates: Sandrine Rousseau ( 2nd), Anne Hidalgo (4th) and Delphine Batho (5th) on the women's side, Éric Piolle (4th), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (5th) and Yannick Jadot (6th) on the men's side.
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The other potential citizens sponsored candidates are currently Clémentine Autain (3rd), close to Mélenchon, on the one hand, the economist Gaël Giraud (2nd) and the MEP Pierre Larrouturou (3rd), cantor of the week four days, on the other.
Pierre Larrouturou, founder of Nouvelle Donne, is the only one for the moment to have run for the presidential election via this “Popular Primary”.
Sandrine Rousseau and Éric Piolle announced that they would participate if they won the environmentalists primary.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon has so far refused to engage in it.
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