Presidential 2022: "Let's build a program", reacts Hollande after "the call of the 1,000" for a joint candidacy on the left (Illustration) -

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The "call for 1,000" was launched on Saturday.

That is to say 1,000 political leaders and activists, intellectuals and trade unionists call for "a common candidacy" on the left for an "ecological, social and democratic alternative" for the next presidential election.

François Hollande's response was quick.

The former President of the Republic called on Saturday afternoon to "build a common program" of proposals on the left for 2022, failing which "the call of 1,000" for a single candidacy will remain, according to him, only one “Wishful thinking”.

"We will see if there can be a single candidate"

“It probably started with a good intention.

But after all, it has no concrete impact.

Would that mean that from Jean-Luc Mélenchon to the Socialist Party through the ecologists, there would be the same program?

So let's build the program!

And then we will see if on the basis of this program there can be a single candidate, ”declared the former socialist president to an AFP correspondent, on the sidelines of a conference he gave at the Rendez-vous of the History of Blois (Loir-et-Cher).

“Calling for a single candidacy even though this work has not been done seems to me to be wishful thinking.

Let's start to work on what could be the common proposals of this left.

And then, then, if everyone agrees on this vision, this programming of essential proposals, then it will be possible to have a single candidate, ”he added.

“We know very well that Jean-Luc Mélenchon will be a candidate, that environmentalists want to be candidates.

The only thing we are not sure is if the Socialists want to have a candidate, ”concluded the former first secretary of the Socialist Party.

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