Four months before the presidential election in France, the seven left-wing candidates are still not taking off. None are able according to the polls to qualify for the second round. Anne Hidalgo and Arnaud Montebourg each called for a rally.
Crazy day on the left. It all starts with Arnaud Montebourg. The candidate of the Remontada calls for the union of candidates on the left, even if it means throwing in the towel. “I am ready to offer my candidacy for a common project and a common candidate, and I invite my competitors and comrades to do the same “, He explained.
Arnaud Montebourg ready to sacrifice himself if a candidate wins. This is Anne Hidalgo’s bet. The candidate canceled a trip to La Rochelle for the 20h plateau of TF1. With a proposal: a primary open to the left. “We must organize a primary of this left arbitrated by our fellow citizens, I know that they will be very numerous to want to participate because they wish to find hope. », She launched.
Unable to create a dynamic, Arnaud Montebourg and Anne Hidalgo play the rally card with one goal: to push the ecologist Yannick Jadot and the rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon to participate in a primary and avoid the wall of the first round, analysis Julien chavanne, journalist in the political service of RFI.
Clear and clear refusal of Jadot
Yannick Jadot has already rejected the proposal. “ No, I will not participate in a primary of the left “, He replied this Thursday on Europe 1. At the mayor of Paris, credited with between 3 and 7% in the polls,” there is the will to break the deadlock with a surprise idea “Yannick Jadot mocked. Given himself in a range of 6 and 9% of the voting intentions, he underlined having ” already done a primary In September, and called on Socialist voters to join him.
Another left-wing personality could also launch a call for union, not without ulterior motives: Christiane Taubira maintains the rumors about a possible return to the race for the Elysee.
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