The ex-LREM candidate for mayor of Paris Cédric Villani, who has just joined the new group "Ecology Democracy Solidarity" in the Assembly, said Tuesday "open to discussion" with En Marche if the attitude of Agnes Buzyn compromises the "candidacy" of the movement.
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"If ever Agnes Buzyn has an attitude which compromises the candidacy of the running Republic, if the campaign of the running Republic finds itself distraught at the attitude of its head of list and if they wish to come and discuss with me the best way to transform Paris, I will remain, as always, open to discussion, "explained Cédric Villani on France Inter.
"Honestly, I did not understand today whether she maintains her candidacy or not," he added, stressing "to what extent the candidacy of Agnes Buzyn was the object of uncertainty and how point Agnès Buzyn herself sent contradictory signals as for its maintenance or not ".
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"I am independent, I am no longer part of the Republic on the move and this campaign was mounted freely," said the candidate, who came fifth with 7.9% of the votes cast.
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He recalled that he wanted to postpone the municipal elections in March 2021 because we "are still in an extremely sensitive period of deconfinement, in which we must be very careful" in terms of health.
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"Cédric (Villani) is available for everything ... available for the government of national unity, available for the candidacy at LREM", mocked a figure of the party of the presidential majority, close to the candidate.
"Agnes Buzyn remains a candidate"
Questioned by AFP, the entourage of Agnès Buzyn, who reunited in a conference call Tuesday evening the heads of list of the 17 districts, his campaign team and his allies, refused to comment on the mathematician's statements.
However, after the score of Agnes Buzyn who had collected only 17.3% of the votes in the first round, far behind the outgoing socialist mayor, Anne Hidalgo (29.3%), and her competitor LR, Rachida Dati (22 , 7%), discordant voices are now heard.
"Officially, yes, Agnès Buzyn remains a candidate but the question is that of temporality", warns a close friend of the ex-minister. If the ballot were to be postponed until next year, then "it must be a new campaign with other heads, a new program".