The former President of the Republic even considers that Marine Le Pen is also aiming for a new presidential adventure in five years.
The presidential election has barely ended that some already have their eyes fixed on the next race at the Élysée? In any case, this is what François Hollande suggests. Invited Monday evening from France 5, the former President of the Republic spoke about the electoral agreement which was found on the left last week between the different families of this camp. Which lined up behind the political force of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, thanks to the 21.95% of the votes collected in the first round of the presidential election. While the latter has ambitions for Matignon in the event of victory for the coalition in the legislative elections, scheduled for June 12 and 19, François Hollande believes that the Insoumis “knows he won’t be prime minister» and that he «the fact to be a candidate again in the presidential election of 2027.»
“The only one who can’t think about it is Emmanuel Macron”
And to indicate that Marine Le Pen “think exactly the same“. For François Hollande,the only one who cannot think about it is Emmanuel Macron, since he cannot be a candidate. And so, we will meet again in five yearswith more or less the same cast. Monday morning, the former tenant of the Elysee had also clarified on France Inter that he had not yet made his decision as to a possible candidacy for the legislative elections.
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While he remains a member of the PS, despite the agreement he rejects, his political camp is, according to him, in a “double delusion“: “Illusion of having Jean-Luc Mélenchon as Prime Minister, illusion of thinking that on this program, he can achieve his objectives“. If the former President of the Republic boasts “The union“, it is to better taunt the left: the rally must be done “to win and rule. That’s not the case today.» «Of course, if he were to become prime minister, he (Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Editor’s note) knows perfectly well that his program is unrealizable“Launches the former Élysée, who adds that this project”cannot find a majority in the country.»