His choice is made.
Guest of France 5, as part of the presentation of his book,
Confront,
the former President of the Republic François Hollande announced that he would slip an Anne Hidalgo ballot into the ballot box during the presidential election.
"
I am a socialist, I am happy in my commitments, I have never changed, I have never varied, I have always been a social democrat aware that for the left to win it was necessary that it had a PS who is strong and daring,
launches the former head of state.
There is a socialist candidacy, Anne Hidalgo, I am a socialist ... it's a fairly easy syllogism, so I will vote for Anne Hidalgo.
"
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Presidential 2022: where are the candidates in the polls?
An announcement that clarifies a political position that was previously ambiguous. In an interview with Le Parisien on Wednesday, François Hollande said that if he did not
“need to nurture”
a face-to-face ambition, “
there is a candidacy today for the Socialist Party and it is that of Anne Hidalgo.
"Do not rule anything out for" tomorrow ", in plain language.
Since the announcement of his candidacy on September 12, the campaign of the mayor of Paris has been slipping in the polls - between 5% and 5.5% of the votes according to the latest Ifop Fiducial poll for Le Figaro and LCI -, while not finding much echo on the left.
In all cases, Anne Hidalgo is overtaken by the leader of France Insoumise Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Yannick Jadot, who wears the colors of EELV.
An application that is gaining momentum
Tuesday evening, François Hollande wanted to give his support in the face of an increasingly mocked candidacy: "
She had the courage to be a candidate, it was not so easy, she must now make the presentation of her project (. ..) and finally, it must be socialist.
"According to the former head of state,"
what will make the difference in this presidential campaign (...). it is serious.
"
In his interview with
Le
Parisien,
the former first secretary of the Socialist Party does not hesitate to stick out his claws against his camp.
The PS "
was in the excuse and the erasure rather than in the affirmation and the proposal
", according to him.
As for the candidatures which multiply on the left, they "
are Lilliputian
"
.
And “
are engaged in battles as microcholine as microscopic.
