The outstretched hands multiply but lead to nothing.
Friday, November 19, the rebellious Clémentine Autain and François Ruffin defended a "
popular and ecological front
" for the presidential election.
Sunday, it was Yannick Jadot's turn to call on “
socialists
” and “
all progressives
” to join him, to build “
together the alternation of a five-year term of ecological renunciation
”.
In an interview with
Latest News from Alsace on
Monday, the socialist candidate, Anne Hidalgo, however sent opposite signals by tackling her opponents.
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We said everything but the parties are discussing.
With less than five months of the presidential election, the negotiations between the various left forces do not seem to be moving in the right direction.
On the eve of a multi-day tour that is supposed to revitalize her campaign, the mayor of Paris underlined her differences with her closest competitors.
"
For example, when the Greens say that the price of gasoline should be increased, I say that it should be lowered,
" she said.
“
As for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, I no longer know if he is really on the left.
His political offer can not bring together a majority of French people,
“again swept the elected.
"A social democrat"
To “
bring together
”, Anne Hidalgo therefore believes that the left must be led by “
a social democrat
”, in other words by his own candidacy. “
In 2017, left-wing voters chose Macron. (...) If this union does not take place behind me, some of them will stay at home or will vote Macron again,
”she said. And to continue: “
We must put ourselves behind the central force which, through its republican culture, provides answers to sovereign questions and defends economic development based on the sharing of wealth and compatible with ecology.
"
Stuck at 4 or 5% according to polls, the elected does not see these figures as a brake.
On the contrary.
According to her, "
our compatriots are not in the countryside
", and "
the social democracy in this country represents much more than 5%
".
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The emphasis on social democracy seems to disagree, however, with remarks made a few days earlier by the socialist Bernard Cazeneuve.
In an investigation published in
L'Express
, recounting his abortive desire to embark on the presidential race, the former prime minister assures us that “
the socialist staff
” has “
made it clear
” that he did not want to him.
And for good reason: “
They were not in the vision of social democracy that I have, they spoke to me in a newspeak, of social-ecology or whatever.
Of which act.
"
