In an article for the British newspaper, The Telegraph, journalist Anne-Elizabeth Mottet believes that the socialist candidate for the French presidential elections, Anne Hidalgo, will not be able to reach the second round of the elections, let alone win them.

The writer says that there are obstacles standing in the way of Hidalgo towards achieving satisfactory results in the elections. The Socialists are the weakest among the political forces in France, and during the French presidential elections in 2017, the votes obtained by the leader of the Socialist Party did not exceed 7% of the total votes.

She believes that Hidalgo's poor performance as mayor of Paris worsened her situation, and refers to the manifestations of discontent expressed by Paris residents about Hidalgo's performance through social media, during which they showed pictures of garbage containers and rats floating on the banks of the Seine under the hashtag (Destroyed Paris).

The writer wondered what would happen to France if Hidalgo won, who destroyed Paris.

According to the article, Hidalgo's team embarked on an arduous tour to change the image left by the candidate's poor performance in Paris, and to introduce her to the country, as she is an unknown figure outside Paris.


The article also believes that the socialist candidate has no chances of winning the presidential elections, even if the division among the voters gave her a boost towards the second round of the elections, as an opinion poll - conducted a few months ago - indicates the inevitable loss of Hidalgo against Marine Le Pen, leader of the Rallying Party. Right-wing nationalist.

The writer says that it is not yet known which candidates will remain until the "final penalty shootout", and points out that Hidalgo, like President Macron, is praying for this to be Le Pen's luck, and the writer adds that Le Pen's votes may be scattered at the hands of the journalist Eric Zemore, who is preparing The other is to enter the presidential election race.

Despite all of the above - and the writer's words - some political analysts believe that there is a glimmer of hope for Hidalgo in the event of her alliance with some political forces, especially if she managed to convince the Green Party candidate and European Parliament member Yves Gadot to support her, which would add votes Green Party voters to her tally to reach more than 20%, which is the magic number that will enable the socialist candidate to reach the second round.