Twelve activists, including MEP Pierre Larrouturou and Stéphane Hessel's daughter, announced Thursday to AFP to start a hunger strike from Friday to urge left-wing candidates for union through the "Popular Primary" .
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This structure, which for a time wanted to organize a primary, is now piloting a "
popular nomination
", namely a vote of its more than 300,000 signatories from January 27 to 30 to nominate their election candidate.
Christiane Taubira, who "
is considering
" a candidacy, and the socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo have mentioned it as a possible means of deciding between the five main candidates on the left.
But the ecologist Yannick Jadot, the rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the communist Fabien Roussel and the cantor of the “
Remontada of France
” Arnaud Montebourg have said no.
"The left has already lost"
"
Only the candidates of the left and the ecology are aware of the climate emergency and bring solutions up to the challenges.
But their divisions make any victory impossible
, ”said the 12 activists in a statement sent to AFP on Thursday.
"
The left has already lost elections but in 2022 the situation is radically different: it is not just a failed election but the fate of our humanity
", they write.
"
The current divisions are discouraging a large number of voters but if the rally takes place before mid-February, it is still possible to win the climate and social justice,
" they believe.
In addition to Pierre Larrouturou and Anne Hessel, there are notably the ecologist Pierre Monnier - one of the leaders of the collective "
Gagner 2022
" who recently put pressure on Yannick Jadot - and seven activists who present themselves as "
young people of the climate generation
" .
