She is the big loser of the “popular primary”: Anne Hidalgo finished fifth in the vote, behind Christiane Taubira, Yannick Jadot, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and even MEP Pierre Larrouturou. One more hitch for the socialist candidate already in great difficulty. So, stop or again? The issue divides his camp, as the campaign continues. Ms. Hidalgo went to Alfortville on Monday, January 31.
” You don’t stop a train that is on the way. For the boss of socialist senators Patrick Kanner, there is no question of disconnecting the Hidalgo candidacy.
And especially not in favor of Christiane Taubira, whose fluctuating relations with the Socialists have left bad memories.
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Among the hardliners, we believe that we must above all stay alive, to prepare the political reconstruction of the left, and that without a presidential candidate, it is mission impossible.
Anne Hidalgo must therefore adopt the motto of the city of Paris: “fluctuat nec mergitur”. Even shaken by the waves, we do not sink.
The other line
There is another line in the Socialist Party, explains Aurelien Devernoix, from the political service of RFI. It is supported by some close to the management, and it is that of a rapprochement with the former Minister of Justice.
“ Taubira’s program is ours “, says an executive. “ If we make 8 or 9% with it, at least we break the current dynamic. »
Socialists who want to be lucid » on the Hidalgo candidacy: « It does not demerit, but there is something that does not work, we do not see how it could take off. »
In any case, a decision will have to be taken by the deadline of March 4, the day of the filing of sponsorships for the presidential election.
In Alfortville, I supported the strike of undocumented workers demanding their regularization. We must enshrine the rights of those who have worked long and who have kept our economy going through the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/SyCZskGjRu
— Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) January 31, 2022
In campaign
Until then, the mayor of Paris therefore continues on her way. The socialist remains determined. And she proved it on Monday by going to defend undocumented workers, who have been on strike for two months in Alfortville, near the capital.
She will have remained fifteen minutes on the spot before leaving by car, relates our special correspondent, Anthony Latier. But she will have been welcomed by several dozen undocumented workers of African origin, installed next to a Chronopost warehouse.
” I say it here with force: I ask for the regularization of people who are workers, real workers. There are rights you should have. I will stay by your side and I assure you, I think we will win “, she launched to applause.
Regularize undocumented migrants, a fight somewhat set aside by the left and which Anne Hidalgo takes up on her own, as if she had not been disavowed by the popular primary, and as if she were not under pressure within his own party.
How long can she last like this? It is now too late, say his supporters, to turn around.
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