Christiane Taubira maintains doubts about a possible presidential candidacy – archyde

Christiane Taubira would hesitate to run for the presidential election. On the left, we only talk about that. All it took was an article on the BFM-TV site, Tuesday, December 7, reporting the confidences of the entourage of the former Keeper of the Seals on his possible intentions, for the hearts of some of the socialist voters, humanists, and beyond, ablaze. They are convinced that only Christiane Taubira can wake up the campaign on the left dare-dare and unify it, fragmented, divided between three main candidates: Anne Hidalgo, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Yannick Jadot, who claim that they will go to the end cost whatever the cost, without any take off in the voting intentions.

However, for now, Christiane Taubira remains silent and terribly secret about her final intentions. ” Nobody knows. Apart from her “, summarizes Guillaume Lacroix, head of the Left Radical Party (PRG), from which Christiane Taubira comes. What we know with more or less certainty is that she is in Paris, that she has conceded a few media appearances, that, in a more confidential manner, she would multiply the calls or the interviews with the leaders of the various left-wing parties, and that his mindset has changed. A few weeks ago, pushed by her close entourage, who begged her, to the point of despair, to introduce herself, she had opposed a ” no “ categorical. The lack of envy and the bitter memory of the 2002 presidential election – she had run, contributing to the elimination of Lionel Jospin in the first round – dissuaded her from taking the plunge. But the sluggishness of the left’s pre-campaign, its inability to impose its themes, unlike the right or the far right, and Eric Zemmour’s breakthrough in the polls would have prompted her to reflect.

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We also know that it maintains excellent relations with the Popular Primary, this citizen collective which wants to unify the left behind a single candidate chosen by civil society. To date, 220,000 participants have registered and will choose their candidate from among those shortlisted at the start of 2022. For now, the former minister is in the lead. If none of the official candidates decided to submit to this vote, Christiane Taubira has never closed the door. “People’s Primary may be a time for discussion,” she dropped on the set of “Daily”, on TMC, of ​​which she was the guest. From there to present himself … Because his candidacy comes up against a principle of incompressible reality. Which political party could it lean against, which would provide it with a campaign team and financial means? The Socialist Party? EELV? Anne Hidalgo and Yannick Jadot would have to agree to withdraw. In Christiane Taubira’s entourage, we fear that it is too late. By mid-December, she should issue an open and solemn letter to refine her positions.

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