What is Anne Hidalgo preparing?

The mayor of Paris is no longer closing the door to the presidential election of 2022 and leaves doubt on a possible candidacy.

A recent poll even places it in a good position on the left, ahead of rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon and environmentalist Yannick Jadot.

Ira, won't you?

The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, no longer closes the door to the presidential election of 2022. And for good reason, we even heard him drop an "I will take my part".

Especially since to believe a recent survey, the Socialist would be in a good position on the left, behind the former socialist minister Christiane Taubira but in front of Jean Luc Mélenchon (LFI), Yannick Jadot (EELV), Arnaud Montebourg or even François Hollande .

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"It's an interesting idea."

One of her relatives also recognizes it: "I don't know if she wants to go but she sends signs to show that she thinks about it."

And in reality Anne Hidalgo does not just think about it: behind the scenes, "it works" confides one of her deputies.

The mayor of Paris consults a lot.

Politicians, civil society actors, intellectuals.

Round tables are even organized to develop a program. 

Yannick Jadot and Anne Hidalgo "clearly in competition"

And it is next summer that things could accelerate, we whisper in those around him.

But in the meantime, Anne Hidalgo is advancing her pawns.

The latest: her attack on the Greens, which she considers ambiguous vis-à-vis the Republic.

"It is an element of political affirmation", does not deny one of his relatives. 

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Because the environmental allies are also adversaries: "Yannick Jadot and Anne Hidalgo are clearly in competition", we assure in the ranks of the first.

However, as a tenor of the PS observes, Anne Hidalgo's strategy is first of all "to do everything to make her candidacy possible, and then not to go if the conditions for victory are not met".