Political reactions multiply Sunday, after the announcement by Agnès Buzyn of her candidacy for the municipal elections in Paris, replacing Benjamin Griveaux. If, on the side of LREM, we boast of a "rallying choice", the Minister of Health will nevertheless have to face the dissident candidacy of a Cédric Villani who is still in the race, despite his exclusion from the movement a few weeks ago. Questioned by BFM-TV, the member for Essonne wished "good luck" to the new candidate.
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"I have respect and esteem for Agnès Buzyn," says the mathematician, "I know the huge files she has had to manage as a minister." And Cédric Villani to wish his new competitor "welcome and good luck for the four weeks remaining in this campaign". "For my part, I have been working on this application for many months, without a partisan label, in a free and independent approach," he finally added.
Villani's entourage points to "an incomprehensible decision"
If the ex-LREM remains very measured in his first reaction, the tone is more offensive in the entourage of the dissident candidate, who points to an "incomprehensible decision". "The LREM apparatus ends up choosing a candidate who will only have four weeks to delve into Parisian issues. This choice weakens the executive in the midst of a health crisis, to the detriment of a possible rally and victory behind Cédric Villani. This decision is once again incomprehensible to two-thirds of Parisians who hope to alternate, "deplores the entourage of the winner of the Fields medal with AFP.