A few hours after announcing that she was withdrawing from the race at the Elysée, for lack of sponsorship, Wednesday March 2, Christiane Taubira received an invitation from Yannick Jadot, who reiterated that she was the ” welcome ” in the environmental campaign. “She knows it, the values she carries are the values of ecology. At this particular moment in the history of our country, in the history of Europe with a conflict on our territory, it is important that she continues to engage in this campaign.said the environmental candidate from the Old Port of Marseille.
“We have already talked about it, she knows that she is welcome in the campaign that we are carrying (…). I let Christiane let this disappointment pass, it will be her responsibility. to join the environmental campaign, he said.
At the beginning of February, the campaigns of one and the other had rustled with rumors of union, after a discreet dinner between the two staffs. But nothing had materialized. The environmental candidate had given no sign of considering standing behind Mme Taubira, but said he already had the “arms wide open” for it to go the other way.
On Wednesday, Mr. Jadot accompanied his offer with a tribute to his ex-competitor. “Christiane, who is a very high quality person, wanted to come to this campaign to carry her message, including in a country that is divided around racism and anti-Semitism. I imagine there is immense disappointment in her. »
The communist candidate, Fabien Roussel, meanwhile expressed his ” valued “ and sound ” friendship “ for the one “whose voice will continue to count to rebuild a republican and social left”.
My esteem and my friendship to @ChTaubira whose voice will continue to count to rebuild a republican and social left.
Earlier, Christiane Taubira had announced that she was ending her campaign, stating that she would not obtain the 500 sponsorships from elected officials necessary to have her candidacy validated by the Constitutional Council. According to the latest count, she had on Tuesday 1is mars, of only 181 signatures. “This candidacy is prevented by an administrative system that will not survive this campaign, it is living its last hours”, argued the former Minister of Justice, before striking: “We do not eliminate [les candidats] by an obsolete administrative process, but by a first round. »
Manuel Bompard, the campaign manager of Jean-Luc-Mélenchon (La France insoumise), supported her on this point, saying that he regretted that a “obsolete administrative device” prevent his candidacy.
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