Presidential 2022: the PS wants its primary despite the candidacy of Anne Hidalgo
The first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure during his re-election at the head of the party on September 18, 2021. AFP - OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE
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The Socialist Party congress opened this Saturday in Villeurbanne near Lyon.
A rally of socialist leaders that comes a week after the declaration of candidacy for the presidential election of Anne Hidalgo.
The mayor of Paris did not make the trip, in particular because she is still not the official candidate of the PS.
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With our special correspondent in Villeurbanne,
Aurélien Devernoix
It is an imbroglio of which the Socialist Party has the secret:
Anne Hidalgo may well have launched into the presidential race
and be loudly supported by the party leadership, officially she is still not the candidate of the PS.
In question, the statutes of the party, which impose an internal election.
This will finally take place during the month of October confirmed the First Secretary of the party, Olivier Faure and two candidates should face the mayor of Paris.
The former boss of the PS, Jean-Christophe Cambadélis and especially the former minister of agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, who for weeks had been asking to be able to defend his chances.
This will ultimately be the case but with a strict framework: unlike the previous primaries, only socialist activists will be able to vote and there should be no public debate between the competitors.
►Also read: Anne Hidalgo and the PS, crisis of support, crisis of ideas
"
A scandal
", denounced the support of Stéphane Le Foll, who threatens to withdraw while Jean-Christophe Cambadélis also hesitates.
"
In any case, they would not win
", judged Olivier Faure, while in the Hidalgo camp, we limit ourselves to congratulating ourselves on the democratic functioning of the party.
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