The former Prime Minister settles his accounts.
While he has just published his latest book -
Le sens de notre Nation
(Éd. Stock) -, Bernard Cazeneuve continues to criticize his own political family.
A week ago, he felt at the microphone of France Info that "
the socialists did not prepare as they should have
".
This time in the columns of
Ouest France
, he reiterates and assures that "
voters
" were able to "
hope
" for his candidacy, but that it was not supported by "
the devices
" and "
certain apparatus
".
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According to him, it was because he was "
too balanced in general and perhaps too firm on Republican issues in particular
" that "
some
" in the party did not support him.
“
They thought that the time for a new generation had come and that it was necessary to erase those who had the experience of responsibilities
,” he says bitterly.
Before continuing by evoking his approach (which
L'Express
revealed behind the scenes last November): “
It did not arouse adhesion.
I drew the conclusions.
»
“Finally getting out of the egosphere”
From now on, Bernard Cazeneuve “
regrets that we are where we are today
”.
For him, it takes "
fewer candidates and more ideas
", and "
strength and a powerful message to finally get out of
the '
egosphere
'
and gradually enter the atmosphere
".
But at this stage, the former head of government does not seem to be guided by optimism.
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When the question of the risk of implosion of the PS in the event of defeat in the election is raised, he answers as follows: “
For that, there would still have to be a device at that time.
A surprising comment given the public support he expressed for Socialist presidential candidate Anne Hidalgo. In this same interview, Bernard Cazeneuve also sees fit to salute the “
courage
” and determination of the mayor of Paris, whose
“
success ” he “
wishes
”.
In the ranks of the PS, these interventions are however taken with distance.
In
Figaro
, the former vallsiste deputy Philippe Doucet indeed recalled recently that "
Bernard Cazeneuve had been asked to take the direction of the PS after 2017. He did not want to, but today, he could perhaps himself to be candidate.
»
