Both right and left see important movements this Sunday in view of the presidential election: the “envisaged” candidate Christiane Taubira announced that she would submit to the result of the Popular Primary at the end of January, while the former number two of LR Guillaume Peltier announced that he was joining Eric Zemmour on the far right.
From Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis), the former Minister of Justice of François Hollande indicated that she “will accept
This citizens’ initiative is piloting a “popular nomination”, namely a vote of its more than 300,000 signatories from January 27 to 30 to nominate their election candidate.
Christiane Taubira and the socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo mentioned it as a possible means of deciding between the five main candidates on the left. But the ecologist Yannick Jadot, the rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the communist Fabien Roussel and the cantor of the “Remontada of France” Arnaud Montebourg said no.
“I invite the other candidates of the left and environmentalist to do the same”, that is to say to accept the “verdict” of the Popular Primary, launched Mrs. Taubira.
For her part, Ms. Hidalgo “takes note” of the refusals to face her proposal for a more classic primary, with “a loyal debate, a loyal vote”.
Saturday, after being collected in front of the tomb of the former president François Mitterrand (1981-1995) in Jarnac (Charente), the socialist recognized the failure “for the moment” of his proposal, pointing in particular the refusal by Yannick Jadot.
“I’m not saying + it’s over today +”, she added on Sunday on Cnews and Europe 1, referring to the People’s Primary: “on January 15 we will see who would like to participate or not”.
On the right, it is the announcement by the former number 2 of LR Guillaume Peltier of his rallying to the far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour (Reconquest!) Which made waves.
“I made the decision to support the only candidate of the right, the only candidate faithful to the values of the RPR, the only candidate capable of beating Emmanuel Macron because capable of bringing together all the voters of the right,” said the deputy of the Loir-et-Cher at Cnews and Europe 1, by withdrawing from his party.
And to press on a sensitive point in the campaign of the candidate of LR: “I have no guarantee of a non-rallying (of Valérie Pécresse) to Emmanuel Macron”, he criticized, judging that ” Valérie Pécresse and Emmanuel Macron, it’s the same thing “.
On her way to Cerbère (Pyrénées-Orientales) on the French-Spanish border, the other far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (RN) insulted Mr Peltier, who “checked all the boxes, made all the moves policies “.
She predicted that the former polemicist “will finish below 10%” in the first round of the presidential election.
Eric Zemmour, who has seen a “turning point” in Mr. Peltier’s support, will present his wishes to the press on Monday from his campaign headquarters in Paris, and will also unveil the first theme of his program.
Saturday, Valérie Pécresse had for her part targeted Emmanuel Macron, a president “pyromaniac” and “disconnected from the deep aspirations” of the French according to her.
“If he allows himself to + piss off + the French, why would the French respect the state, would they respect each other? It fuels the rejection of all authority figures,” she said. lambasted in front of the press, in reference to the shattering statements of Emmanuel Macron, decided to “piss off” the unvaccinated against Covid-19.
A few days after these controversial remarks, the demonstrations of the anti-sanitary pass and “anti-tax” experienced a very clear rebound on Saturday, with 105,200 participants throughout France according to the Ministry of the Interior, a mobilization more than quadrupled compared to the previous one, December 18.
The bill establishing the vaccination pass, adopted Thursday morning by the deputies in pain, arrives Monday in committee in the Senate dominated by the right, then Tuesday in the hemicycle.