Christiane Taubira, her presidential candidacy less and less hypothetical – archyde

In a Christmas market in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), a hospital in Vierzon (Cher), an emergency accommodation center in Cergy (Val-d’Oise), Christiane Taubira led a lightning campaign , from Saturday 18 to Tuesday 21 December. Just enough time to measure its popularity, before taking off for a family Christmas in Guyana. Since she said ” to consider “ a candidate for the presidential election, Friday, December 17, the former Minister of Justice cultivates all the attributes of a candidate; his team even promises a program for the month of January.

Around her on the left, languages ​​are loosened, and everyone is watching for signs that indicate a breakthrough, a dynamic, in a political family where no one has succeeded, for the moment, in creating one. Among the supporters of Arnaud Montebourg, very sensitive to his candidacy, one recognizes that Christiane Taubira is a “Option”, the other observes a first poll crediting the former Keeper of the Seals with an honorable score. Officially, the staffs are skeptical. Unofficially, everyone is watching for the steps, and the missteps, of the former minister. Socialist side, we note the charisma as well as the ambivalence of Christiane Taubira, vis-à-vis health policy as his own approach.

Not enough on social

Among environmentalists, Benoît Biteau, agriculture advisor to Yannick Jadot, believes that his announcement falls under “Coup de com”. “The Popular Primary has released its trump card, Christiane Taubira, a way of rallying, but that it works or not, I think it will not go”, he continues. Guillaume Lacroix, president of the Left Radical Party (PRG), laughs at it. Yes, since the announcement of the former PRG candidate, “Discussions are going well within the various political families”. A sign that she leaves no one indifferent. On the background, “She wants to show that there is no opposition between the left of values ​​and the left of reality”, he believes. This is one of the reproaches made to the former minister, undoubtedly the bearer of one of the last great left-wing laws identified, marriage for all: embodying a societal advance, not focusing enough on the social.

“I do not like contemptuous expressions vis-à-vis the moral left, but what is true is that we have heard little about economic and social issues”, notes Ian Brossat, campaign manager for Communist candidate Fabien Roussel. Three days of campaigning is undoubtedly a bit short to correct the situation.