Emmanuel Macron is not yet officially a candidate for re-election but he is garnering support. After Eric Woerth, who came from LR, this time it is the socialist Marisol Touraine who supports the head of state, in an interview at Parisian, published Saturday, February 19. For the former Minister of Health under François Hollande (2012-2017), faced with a “very strong extreme right” who “stirs up hatred and divides the country”Emmanuel Macron embodies the only “useful and responsible vote” for the upcoming presidential election.
“He is the only one who has the solidity to face challenges and carry a positive vision of the future.she believes. He has never shown the slightest weakness in the fight against extremism, which is obviously a priority. »
If she explains that she did not support certain reforms of Emmanuel Macron during this five-year term (abolition of wealth tax, work orders, etc.), Mme Touraine welcomes the measures taken by the Head of State during the health crisis:
“The balance sheet is mainly dominated by the management of the health crisis, from which France will emerge with its head held high. However, the choice of “whatever the cost” is not questionable for someone on the left. The strengthening of the activity bonus and the Ségur de la santé, in particular, seem to me to be marked with the seal of balance. »
Making “ideas from the left” heard
With her rallying, the former socialist minister wishes “that the ideas coming from the left can be heard more” in the current majority. “A little music focused attention on ‘making the beam work on the right’. It gave the feeling of a reorientation. I hope that we will no longer leave room for this ambiguity.she says, saying all the same that she does not want to stand in the next legislative elections.
Asked about the socialist candidate, Anne Hidalgo, who is still in difficulty during this campaign, Mme Touraine says he does not wish to participate « au Hidalgo bashing » but regret that “the PS does not[ait] not been able to use the last five years to bounce back and bring new ideas”.