At the PS, the scenario was hoped for.
It has finally come true.
Across the Rhine, the German Social Democrats finished first in the general elections on Sunday evening.
Their representative, Olaf Scholz, can claim the Chancellery, on condition of sealing a majority alliance.
The French socialists see it as a sign, recalling that their German cousins were given the losers in any case just a few weeks ago.
Implied: the same story could, according to them, repeat itself for Anne Hidalgo, given today around 5% of voting intentions in the polls.
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"Inspiring results!"
“Lesson number 1: never think that it is lost in advance. Lesson number 2: think coalition ”
, for example underlined in a tweet Olivier Faure. The first secretary of the PS, who hopes for a victory for the mayor of Paris in 2022, also wants to bring together environmentalists.
“Excellent news could therefore come to us from across the Rhine. Inspiring results! ”
, had also launched, a little earlier in the evening, Patrick Kanner, the president of the PS group in the Senate.
“A few weeks ago, the polls gave the SPD at 15%. Today, the SPD is regaining its historic momentum
,
”
also rejoiced Jean-Marc Ayrault on Monday morning on RFI. The former Prime Minister of François Hollande also considered that the story
"is never over"
.
For her part, Anne Hidalgo expressed
"all support"
to Olaf Scholz
"who will be, I hope, the next Chancellor"
.
"During this beautiful campaign, the SPD thwarted the forecasts thanks to an ambitious program: revaluation of the minimum wage, plan for housing, transformation of the economy in the face of the climate emergency"
, recalled the socialist candidate, taking the opportunity to recall the points in common between his project and his.
