As the primary on the left approaches, Anne Hidalgo and Christiane Taubira already seem to clash behind the scenes, as revealed Opinion this Wednesday, January 12, by letting their respective relatives communicate in their stead about their campaigns for 2022.
Anne Hidalgo’s presidential campaign will come to fruition on Thursday 13 January morning since the mayor of Paris will present his program. For his part, Christiane Taubira will hit the stage from Wednesday January 19, as noted Opinion. The former Keeper of the Seals should then formalize his candidacy for the election from 2022 and discuss his plan for France. War is declared between the two women. “They are now engaged in a war of nerves”, indicate our colleagues. On December 9, the representative of the capital had proposed, on the set of TF1, to organize a primary on the left.
A month later, Anne Hidalgo and Christiane Taubira are almost at the same point. “Neither woman benefits from a dynamic that allows her to gain the upper hand over the other”, underline our colleagues. Behind the scenes, however, the battle seems to have already started and “each is betting on the collapse of the other”. A member of the Socialist Party, for his part, believes that they “are in a cat and mouse game”. Despite the fact that they have the same objective, the mayor of Paris and the former Minister of Justice avoid each other and communicate through those around them. Christian Paul, the former deputy for Nièvre, is in charge of exchanging with Jean-Marc Germain, the husband of Anne Hidalgo and former deputy for Hauts-de-Seine. Anyway, Christiane Taubira continues on her way. Normally, she should announce on January 15 if she is indeed a candidate for the popular primary, which will take place from January 27 to 30.
Discover Anne Hidalgo with her second husband, Jean-Marc Germain
Christiane Taubira’s candidacy is already debated
For Michèle Cotta, journalist interviewed by Nice morning on January 10, even if the ex-minister wins the primary, it is not expected to have a huge impact in the 2022 presidential election. “She will only be one more candidate, whatever she says”, blurted out the 84-year-old columnist, adding that she did not “no political space”. Another personality had recently given his opinion on the candidacy of Christiane Taubira, very different. It is actress Juliette Binoche, who had declared, in the columns of JDD, that “pleases him very much”. “She is a woman, of color, who speaks well and does not give way”, she said enthusiastically.
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