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Presidential: Taubira tackles Macron and Pécresse and thinks "very seriously" about a candidacy

2022-01-06T16:14:19.257Z


"I want to act in terms of public policy, and I know what that means, I have already exercised power", explained the former minister.


It leaves itself ten days before making a decision.

Former minister Christiane Taubira, traveling in Ariège, said Thursday "think very seriously" to stand for the presidential election in April 2022, specifying that she will unveil her decision "on January 15 at the latest" .

"I am thinking very seriously about being able to act on improving the lives of French people," said the former Minister of Justice, after visiting an organic farm in the town of Saverdun. .

"I want to act in terms of public policy, and I know what that means, I have already exercised power," added Christiane Taubira, who was Minister of Justice from 2012 to 2016.

She indicated that she would unveil her decision "by January 15 at the latest", ie less than two weeks before the Popular Primary, a citizens' initiative scheduled for January 27 to 30.

"Declarations of fragmentation"

Christiane Taubira also reacted strongly to the words of President Emmanuel Macron, who said he was ready to “piss off” the unvaccinated, as well as those of the Republican candidate, Valérie Pécresse, who said Thursday he wanted to “come out” the Kärcher ”.

“These are declarations of fragmentation.

There is a political project behind that: it is the fragmentation, the fracture, the systematic division, and ultimately the dislocation of society, and we are all going to lose, ”she said indignantly.

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“The president had hitherto tried to avoid vulgarity.

There, he made a statement which is still very worrying, ”denounced the former Minister of Justice under François Hollande.

She underlined the "permanent obligation of dignity and responsibility" of political leaders.

Source: leparis

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