11:17 am: Philippe Poutou will be meeting on January 13 in Orne
The candidate of the New Anti-Capitalist Party, Philippe Poutou, will hold a meeting in Alençon, in Orne, on January 13. This is the third time that the far-left candidate, municipal councilor of Bordeaux, has stood for the presidential election. He puts forward a “radical left of struggle” and presents his candidacy as “different, useful and legitimate but outside the political system”.
A week ago, he ruled out any participation in a possible left-wing primary. In 2012, Philippe Poutou won 1.15% of the votes cast and 1.2% in 2017.
10:45 am: The quest for 500 sponsorships is “extremely complicated” for Marine Le Pen
On RMC, Laurent Jacobelli, spokesperson for the National Rally, announces that the quest for 500 sponsorships for Marine Le Pen “is progressing but it is extremely complicated”. He pleads for the name of elected officials giving their sponsorship to be anonymous. “Imagine that Marine Le Pen or even Jean-Luc Mélenchon could not be present, that would be a terrible democratic signal”, he declared.
10:10 am: “The question of the public hospital must be central during the presidential election”, affirms Sébastien Chenu
The spokesperson for Marine Le Pen’s presidential campaign, Sébastien Chenu, declares on RTL that “the issue of the public hospital and health personnel must be at the center of the presidential election”. He adds that it is necessary “to reopen beds, reinstate caregivers and stop this accounting and administrative management of the public hospital”.
9:36 am: Hervé Morin is “sure that Valérie Pécresse will be elected”
In an interview with Figaro, the president of the Centrists, Hervé Morin says he is sure that Valérie Pécresse will be elected. He declared to have “the deep conviction that it will put an end to the Jupiterian presidency of Emmanuel Macron”. He believes that the candidacy of Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen is not a danger for the right because “the French want teams and we are the only ones to have a collective”.
8:54 am: For Brice Hortefeux, Valérie Pécresse has “the will to unite and the capacity to federate”
Guest from 8:30 am on Franceinfo, the regional councilor Les Républicains en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and support from Valérie Pécresse believes that the president of the Ile-de-France region has “the will to unite and the ability to federate”. He welcomes a “rediscovered unity” within the Republicans party.
The regional councilor judges that “the only alternative is Valérie Pécresse” and that the ultimate choice will be “Macron or Pécresse”.
According to his analysis, the presidential campaign, upset by the health crisis, will be played out “in the media” but also on “social networks”. He thinks that major meetings will no longer be possible in view of the health situation and specified that Valérie Pécresse should decide “in the coming hours” whether or not to maintain the inauguration of her campaign HQ.
7:33 am: Anne Hidalgo’s campaign poster unveiled
Anne Hidalgo’s campaign poster was unveiled on Sunday, before being printed in 100,000 copies. It consists of a photo of the PS candidate taken during her meeting in Perpignan on December 12 and the slogan “Hidalgo! 2022. Reuniting France ”.
The latter “evokes a positive dynamic, an incentive to movement, to action, a call for mobilization and rallying,” his campaign team explained to the JDD.
7:32 am: Eric Zemmour publishes a video with the soldiers in Abidjan
The far-right candidate posted a video of him in Abidjan on Sunday, with French soldiers. “At the end of the year, I think of our soldiers, all over the world or on national territory, who celebrated Christmas far from their loved ones to protect us,” he tweeted.
The difficult search for sponsorships for candidates
Who will be a presidential candidate? To be, it is not enough to want it but first of all to obtain 500 sponsorships of elected officials validated by the Constitutional Council. A very difficult process for those who do not have a network of elected officials in the field. We explain why in this article.
7:31 am: At Christmas, the candidates did not want to be forgotten
The presidential candidates spent these with their relatives. But they all dreamed of being at the center of French Christmas Eve conversations and Christmas dinners. It’s called the “Christmas turkey theory” or how to interest part of the electorate in the presidential stakes between salmon and foie gras. We tell you everything in this article.
What to remember from the weekend news
- Marine Le Pen lodged a complaint for non-public insult following an insult and a pro-Zemmour message written on his vehicle in front of his home.
- Eric Zemmour rejected the criticisms made against him after his visit to the armed forces in Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday.
- Valérie Pécresse moved to Corrèze, on the land of Jacques Chirac.
- The entourage of Anne Hidalgo assured that the mayor of Paris would participate whatever happens in the Popular Primary.
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