Paris (AFP) – The president of the National Assembly, Claude Bartolone, announced Wednesday that it would launch into the Socialist primary to lead the regional list in Ile-de-France, on the eve of the close of nominations and two weeks after closing the door to such a perspective.
The only two declared candidates so far, Jean-Paul Huchon, outgoing president and first vice-president Marie-Pierre the Gontrie, little enthused the executive nor the leadership of the Socialist Party, who sought a “third” man to come out on top of a pre-campaign of confrontation.
“If a candidate can marshalling, I will table, “said on BFM TV the President of the National Assembly, live from the Small Hall of the federation of the Seine-Saint-Denis at the Pré Saint-Gervais, his electoral stronghold.
Surrounded by militants, he was warmly applauded this announcement with a big smile.
“This candidacy, it only makes sense if it can allow the rally. Today I found in socialist activists that multiple applications disrupted. They said it is not the best way to take the field, “said Mr. Bartolone.
Other putative candidate, former minister and former regional councilor Benoît Hamon immediately brought his “total support” for Claude Bartolone, believing that this nomination was a “great news” for the Parisians. Mr Hamon had left some doubt in recent days on his own intentions.
Stephane Troussel, President PS the Departmental Council of Seine-Saint-Denis and Mr. Dolphin Bartolone, has also pledged his “support in this battle against the right and the extreme right.”
The question is what will do Mr. and Mrs. Huchon of Gontrie. Until Monday at a luncheon at Mr. Bartolone to Lassay Hall with the First Secretary Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, a solution was tried to mount a ticket Huchon- Gontrie, rejected by everyone as personal animosity became stronger together.
Will they withdraw their candidatures as many seemed to think Wednesday night at the SP when they were each proclaimed their intention to go until the end? “They will speak in the coming hours,” said Mr. Bartolone in the evening. According to a supporter of the latter, Ms. de la Gontrie Thursday should withdraw from the race and announced his support for the President of the Assembly.
There are already a few weeks, an official of the Paris PS affirmed AFP Anne Hidalgo and the federation of pro–initialement Gontrie- capital would “not hostile” to Bartolone application.
PS president of the Ile-de-France region Jean-Paul Huchon, said Wednesday night that he would soon meet with Claude Bartolone for “enable the broadest possible socialist rally Ile”
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For now, activists are expected between the candidates on May 28 But meanwhile, the number of the PS Jean-Christophe Cambadélis no secret Wednesday, hours before the reversal of Mr. Bartolone, its strong hope of getting “a candidate without going through the primary.”
He had been among those who had pushed the candidacy of Mr. Bartolone, as François Hollande had tried to convince him that he was the only one to maintain the Ile-de-France, the leading French region in the fold left at a recent dinner of socialist leaders. The President was even returned several times to the charge.
“It’s the only one who can win and collect the left. It synthesizes between Paris, the suburbs and the outer suburbs. He is a man of state, “argues the near Mr. Bartolone, highlighting the important issues of the Grand Paris, the 2024 Olympic Games in particular.
” I am at the disposal of First the socialist party and after environmentalists and the whole left because there will need to rally “, said also Mr. Bartolone. He proved, on departmental elections in March, its compatibility with environmentalists and communists, holding rally alongside Emmanuelle Cosse (EELV) and Pierre Laurent (PCF), allowing the left to remain in his department.
Mr. Bartolone also announced that it carried the election next December, he would abandon the roost of the National Assembly.
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