It's pitching more and more for the Hidalgo ship.
As the Figaro already anticipated last week, the former minister of François Hollande and close advisor to Martine Aubry for more than twenty years, officially announces his rallying to Yannick Jadot, candidate of environmentalists for the presidential election.
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In an interview with Le Monde, this long-time member of the Socialist Party explains that he returned his card on October 7, after more than forty years of membership.
He explains that he will be a kind of "
Swiss Army knife
" in Yannick Jadot's campaign, bringing
"the experience of several presidential campaigns
"
.
It could also "
establish links with partners on the left
".
Rebuild the left
The former deputy for Essonne had been thinking about this change of tack for some time now. He explained to
Figaro that
he refused to support Anne Hidalgo for her investiture, while indicating his desire to work for the union of the forces of the left. “
My concern today is to find out how to rebuild the left. A presidential election like this can help
”.
A rapprochement that seemed inevitable, since the break with Martine Aubry in 2019, against the backdrop of an unfulfilled promise to take over as mayor of Lille.
In the last regional elections, François Lamy had also participated in negotiations between environmentalists and socialists.
After having organized meetings of François Hollande during his campaign, he is ready to resume service, but not under the same label.
