The former President of the Republic, who says he is worried a few months before the presidential election, seems to hesitate to present his candidacy. He should clarify his intentions soon.
Can the list of candidates on the left grow even longer? Ten days after the official announcement of Christiane Taubira, ex-Keeper of the Seals of François Hollande, the former President of the Republic also casts doubt. Would he consider a new five-year term, today or later? In a sequence broadcast on the national newspaper of France 3 on Sunday evening, François Hollande was a bit hesitant.
The 67-year-old former President was received in a second class in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) to tell the workings of the Elysée when he was asked about the upcoming election. “For the moment, I am not a candidate. But since things are not going well, it’s true that we could say to ourselves “would one more application be very useful?”. I don’t know, I don’t think so. I have the same ideas as before so I continue to defend them. he explained, seated in an armchair facing the students. Before specifying: “I will in any case speak soon”.
By this deliberately vague declaration, François Hollande places himself in any case as a voice that can weigh in the months to come. In his latest book, published last October, François Hollande intended “wake up the left of government” and had ended up dubbing Anne Hidalgo in November. However, he was cautious about the program of the PS candidate in the election.
Could two tenors from the same political family finally compete in the race for the Elysée in 2022? Such a candidacy would not suit Anne Hidalgo, who is not taking off in the polls. Interviewed at microphone from RTL this Monday morning on the exit of the former president, the current mayor of Paris, does not believe it. François Hollande, whom she sees “regularly”, “showed a lot of humor” she slipped without wanting to comment further. And without really smiling