Presidential: Arnaud Montebourg tries to convince several left-wing candidates to unite – franceinfo

The candidate of the “Remontada de la France”, Arnaud Montebourg, who on Wednesday proposed a joint candidacy on the left, “ring the alarm”. The former Minister of the Economy does not despair of convincing Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Yannick Jadot, and called them on Friday, December 10.

The PS candidate, Anne Hidalgo, called Wednesday for a primary on the left which received an end of inadmissibility of all its competitors (environmentalist, “rebellious” and communist).

“When there is fire in the city, you have to ring the alarm, the extreme right is at the gates of power”, warned the former socialist minister on RMC, who believes that “If Madame Le Pen wins in this presidential election, we will remember the responsibility of the left”.

☎️ My appeal to Anne Hidalgo.@Anne_Hidalgo

For a #Joint project and a common candidacy. pic.twitter.com/NhiVDECGxC

– ☰ Arnaud Montebourg (@montebourg) December 10, 2021

☎️ My appeal to Yannick Jadot.@yjadot

For a #Joint project and a common candidacy. pic.twitter.com/85BO12WX03

– ☰ Arnaud Montebourg (@montebourg) December 10, 2021

☎️ My appeal to Jean-Luc Mélenchon.@JLMelenchon

For a #Joint project and a common candidacy. pic.twitter.com/us9AD31uSH

– ☰ Arnaud Montebourg (@montebourg) December 10, 2021

“I propose that we build in the time allotted to us, until the beginning of January, a common project”, than “each brings the five projects that he would like to implement in the coming five-year term”, he explained. “If the French do not think that we can govern together, they will vote neither for one nor for the other”, he warned.

Yannick Jadot buried the idea of ​​a primary Thursday morning, just like Jean-Luc Mélenchon who has been in the countryside for over a year. They both believe that the left-wing candidates have too different projects.