Entangled in a difficult campaign, with polls that do not take off and credit him between 1 and 3% of voting intentions and internal organization problems, Arnaud Montebourg pleads for the gathering of left-wing candidates for the presidential election.
In the wake of his call launched this morning in an interview with Liberation for a unification of "projects and candidates on the left", the former Minister of Productive Recovery will publish an "address to the people of the left", to reiterate his call in going further, saying he was ready to “offer” his candidacy “to a common project and a common candidate”.
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Discover Arnaud Montebourg's letter, in its entirety here
In a letter, the candidate of the Remontada first warns: “A danger threatens our country. "" The extreme right is at the gates of power (...). My responsibility as a presidential candidate is to react while it is not too late. It's time to wake up. Time to mobilize. "Which justifies, according to Arnaud Montebourg, an" urgent "gathering and which he considers" perfectly possible ".
“I reject the fate of the 5 left-wing candidacies when all the other political families are almost reunited behind theirs.
To contribute, I am ready to offer my candidacy for a common project and a common candidate.
I invite my competitors and comrades to do the same.
We can find together the path of gathering that will meet the expectations of the people of the left.
Arnaud Montebourg also plans to address the French through a video posted on social networks.