“
The time has come to do you justice
”: Anne Hidalgo defended Saturday at a meeting in Toulouse her program around education, health, purchasing power and pensions, saying that “
the left had changed the lives of the French
" and that she "
could do it again
".
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Two weeks before the first round, the socialist candidate, who is capping around 2% in voting intentions, once again did not hold back her pikes against incumbent Emmanuel Macron, at the top of the polls, which she described as the program of "
unfair
" and "
irresponsible
", and against the rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the first of the candidates on the left, but whom she considers to be a "
dead end
".
On the grounds of Jean Jaurès, whom she quoted extensively, Anne Hidalgo defended before the 2,200 people present "
the republican, secular left, the left of real social and ecological reforms, the left of real changes
", the one "
who has learned of its errors and even of its faults, and will have to continue to do so
” and “
which will have to become again the popular and inventive left that it should never have ceased to be
”.
"We have changed the lives of the French and we can do it again"
Citing the great "
social, societal and democratic conquests
" such as "
paid leave
", "
the abolition of the death penalty
" "
the 35 hours
" or "
marriage for all
", she hammered home: "
Yes, we have changed the lives of the French.
And yes, we can do it again
.”
"
The time has come to do you justice
", she repeated, presenting the main measures of her program, such as maintaining retirement at 62, freezing energy prices, increasing minimum wage of 200 euros net, or the revaluation of teachers' salaries.
She attacked “
the projects of the right of Pécresse and Macron
”.
"
Who copied the other is not important, (...) it's the same project.
You know him, he is as old as the old world
”.
And if in 2017 “
there could be any doubt
”, in 2022, “
after these 5 years, and especially after the announcement of its social breakage program, there can be no more!
Emmanuel Macron is neither left nor left, he is right and right!
“, she insisted.
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As for Mélenchon “
it's a dead end!
“, she declared, asking “
which city, which department, which region did his movement win with its sectarianism and its excesses?
".
“
It is the least useful vote in the world to concretely change the lives of our fellow citizens
”.
