ROUSEL. Fabien Roussel is the PCF candidate for the 2022 presidential election and will know his score in the first round this Sunday April 10 at 8 p.m. After emphasizing youth but also training, the communist candidate could beat PS candidate Anne Hidalgo. Find the latest news throughout the day and then the live results.
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What will be the result of Fabien Roussel this Sunday, April 10 in the evening for his first candidacy for the presidential election? The PCF candidate was one of the leaders of this 2022 presidential campaign, first by refusing to ally with Jean-Luc Mélenchon as the Communist Party had done in 2017, then by giving pride of place to “happy days” , theme of a campaign much centered on youth. Over the weeks, the candidate has followed and then overtaken PS candidate Anne Hidalgo in the polls. Confirmation this Sunday evening at 8 p.m.?
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10:00 – What would France’s foreign policy be if Fabien Roussel were elected in the presidential election?
Inclined to advocate the self-determination of peoples and countries and to curb globalization, the communist candidate undertakes, if elected, to denounce free trade treaties, in particular by creating an institution to replace the Organization world trade.and by restoring equality in international taxation by taxing imports of food products from countries that do not meet the same health and environmental standards as those imposed on French producers, as detailed The world. In addition, he wants to put a stop to interference by committing not to impose an embargo, in particular on the Russian question, since he considers that it is today “irresponsible” to consider depriving oneself of Russian gas, as he explains in a video broadcast on BFM TV. Regarding the war in Russia, he positions himself in favor of welcoming refugees and against Ukraine’s entry into NATO to “meet Putin’s demands, as he explained on the set of the broadcast the 4 truths of France 24 on February 24.
09:00 – How does the communist presidential candidate intend to respond to the climate emergency?
The results of the 2022 presidential election will tell us if Fabien Roussel’s program has won over the French, an important verdict for the Communist Party which had not sent a candidate in this race for the supreme title for 15 years. The ecological component of this program is particularly important for the party, because it is synonymous with renewal. As such, Fabien Roussel wants to pass a law to require the energy renovation of housing by 2040, but also to invest in the construction of a public water service which would guarantee the same price to each inhabitant. In addition to projecting himself into an investment project to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, Fabien Roussel has a rather complete agenda of struggles: he wishes to fight against imported deforestation (i.e. no longer importing products responsible for deforestation tropical), prevent the development of industrial farming, but also prohibit the mining of the seabed. Finally, on the nuclear side, he has a different project from that of his rivals on the left: rather than leaving it, he wants a renewable and nuclear energy mix by relaunching the Astrid project aimed at manufacturing a fourth generation nuclear reactor.
08:00 – The existing laws that Fabien Roussel wants to enforce
If he obtains sufficient results to be elected in the 2022 presidential election, Fabien Roussel intends to apply the laws that exist but which the current government, in his opinion, has little recourse to. Starting with the law against racial hatred: he intends to remind the prosecutors that the 1881 law on the press, reinforced by the Gayssot law, provides for severe penalties against anyone who incites racial hatred, in a spirit of “recoil prejudices” and privileges highly promoted in his program. In addition, it plans to apply the law for the abolition of prostitution by setting up means in parallel such as the financing of exit routes or emergency accommodation. The communist also intends to enforce the law on solidarity and urban renewal (SRU) by repealing (again!) the law on the evolution of housing, development and digital (ELAN).
07:12 – What are the measures in favor of women’s rights in Fabien Roussel’s program?
The candidate of the French Communist Party in the 2022 presidential election defends a program rich in feminist measures. If he aims to create a ministry for women’s rights endowed with one billion euros a year, it is above all to “fight against sexual and gender-based violence”, as specified in his program, measure in connection with its promise to associate a sentence of ineligibility with sexual offenses. In addition, it plans to harmonize parental leave for both parents, but also to achieve equal pay in one year. He also positions himself on issues of sexual orientation by promising that he will ensure access to adoption and assisted reproduction for all and that he will reimburse the transition process for trans people. Finally, in addition to enshrining the right to abortion in the Constitution, he wants to make sanitary protection free in public places.
06:30 – The repeal program of the communist candidate for the presidential election
The results of this 2022 presidential election will be known in the evening. For now, let’s go back to the program of candidate Fabien Roussel, a follower of reforms and repeals. In fact, we find in his program a desire to remove a certain number of measures, like the repeal of the election of the president by universal suffrage, whom he intends to have elected by Parliament. In addition, he wants to restore retirement to 60 at the full rate, canceling the current reform which has brought it to 62, but also to repeal “immediately” the reform of unemployment insurance which, according to him, only targets to “save 3 billion euros on the backs of the unemployed” (as indicated in its program. In addition, he undertakes to close administrative detention centers, close military bases abroad, but also repeal the “global security” law. The communist candidate therefore wishes to start on new societal and political bases if he is elected.
05:30 – What changes in the political system does the communist presidential candidate envisage?
Fabien Roussel is rolling out in his program for the 2022 presidential election a number of projects to overhaul the political and electoral system that we know. First, the candidate promotes the impossibility of standing for the vote and exercising a public mandate if an elected official “has flouted the principles enshrined in the Constitution and in the law”, indicates his program. He also wants new operating methods for the electoral process: he promises to repeal the election of the president by universal suffrage, but also presidential prerogatives such as judicial immunity and article 49-3 of the Constitution. In addition, he aspires to establish full proportionality in the legislative elections, as detailed the world, and to set up a citizens’ initiative referendum which will be triggered by the decision of one million citizens. Finally, he wants to include social values in the ballot, in particular by granting the right to vote to foreign residents in local and European elections;
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What is Fabien Roussel’s program?
Defending the ideas of the PCF, Fabien Roussel has decided to focus his campaign on the protection of vulnerable people, especially young people. It proposes a reinforcement of the means dedicated to education in order to offer a quality school system to all. He wishes to proceed, if he is elected President of the Republic, with the recruitment of 90,000 new officials in the National Education so that the classes do not exceed 20 to 25 students. In the same vein, Fabien Roussel wishes to offer an autonomy allowance to young people aged 18 and over. Fabien Roussel has also undertaken to create a local police force with 30,000 members. The candidate does not turn away from the subjects traditionally addressed by the PCF, such as the question of employment and the improvement of the working conditions of employees and civil servants. See Fabien Roussel’s full program on its website.
What were the poll results for Fabien Roussel?
The polls credited Fabien Roussel with 2 to 3% of the votes, above Nathalie Arthaud, the Lutte Ouvrière candidate, and Philippe Poutou, the NPA candidate but especially on the heels of Anne Hidalgo, the PS candidate. He nevertheless remains behind the candidate of LFI, Jean-Luc Mélenchon.