Presidential 2022: Anne Hidalgo plays her all-out by proposing a primary on the left – archyde

Anne Hidalgo is preparing to join the set of “8 pm” of TF1, Wednesday, December 8, and she is completely relaxed, which is rare since the start of her campaign. She said to herself “Relieved, happy to have made this decision. It is an important moment ”. Apart from her strict close guard, no one is aware of the content of the intervention of the presidential candidate, three minutes negotiated a little earlier in the day with the channel. Neither the members of the Socialist Party (PS), nor Yannick Jadot, the environmental candidate, nor the communist Fabien Roussel, nor Arnaud Montebourg, nor François Hollande…

All of them, after having spent their afternoon trying to unravel the mystery of an announced thunderous intervention, are glued to their screens. Was she going to give up after a scarcely encouraging start to the campaign? The mayor of Paris prefers surprises. Taking note of the deadly scattering of a depreciated left, she proposes the organization of a citizen primary to wake up a left-wing people in disgrace. She invites candidates, declared or not, to come forward, like her, and to support the one who will be appointed.

“I take my risk, she confirms to World after his TV interview. This primary, arbitrated by the citizens and not by the polls, will be a credible justice of the peace. There is a popular primary which already brings together more than 230,000 citizens. We can build on it and consider broader modalities. Starting tomorrow, all the teams of candidates will talk to each other. We’ll see how they react. I hope it will move! ” So far, she has only registered scathing refusals.

At 8:45 p.m., Anne Hidalgo left the TF1 headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt to dine in a restaurant close to her home, in the 15^e arrondissement of Paris, and take stock with those close to them. “We are still on schedule to create an electric shock, she assures. If I did not perform an act like this, there is the risk that nothing more exists on the left. ” At the table, she is seated next to Jean-Marc Germain, her husband, cheerful: “This primary is the only way for the left to publicize its campaign themes, on social issues, ecology… And we will realize that France is not as on the right as we think. “

Finally, create an electoral dynamic

There is also Laurence Girard, who is stepping down as deputy secretary general of the City of Paris to take, Monday, December 13, those of general secretary of the campaign. All are very optimistic, frankly excited about this move “Instinctively triggered” who can reshuffle the cards on the left and, finally, create an electoral dynamic.

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