French Presidential 2022: an informal meeting between Taubira and Jadot
Christiane Taubira capitalizes on this informal meeting with Yannick Jadot to pose as a unifier of the left and the former Keeper of the Seals even launched an appeal to the Insoumis.
AFP - STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN
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The campaign in France and on the left, a gathering that seems a little more complicated every day.
Sunday evening, an informal meeting between the teams of Christiane Taubira and those of Yannick Jadot, neck and neck in the polls, took place.
A meeting that is not assumed by everyone.
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This meeting was "
incredibly banal
", is minimized in the entourage of the environmental candidate.
Yannick Jadot
drives the point home this Tuesday, February 8, traveling to Rennes: “
Christiane Taubira's team wanted to meet us and we are courteous, so we listened to them.
But we are sure of our campaign, we are not nervous.
»
Christiane Taubira
, on the contrary, capitalizes on this meeting to pose as a unifier of the left: “
It turns out that yes, my presence makes it possible to talk to each other.
So I will continue to create the conditions so that we can talk to each other and make efforts on both sides.
“The former Keeper of the Seals even appeals to the rebellious: “
If Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants to join us, he will be received with cordiality and with friendship, even.
»
An unthinkable gathering for Alexis Corbière
A union of which the rebellious deputy Alexis Corbière, who knows his party is leading the left in the polls, does not want to hear about: "
I think that Christiane Taubira has understood that it would be almost laughable for her to tell everyone world “retreat behind me”.
It would be a loser.
She has no argument to do that, so I wish her why not come and help us.
We can do it, we did it in 2017 and this time again, it is possible.
»
Even more palpable annoyance on the side of the PS, which sees in these rallying maneuvers a means of putting
Anne Hidalgo
in the minority.
However, the socialist candidate announced that she had obtained enough sponsorship to run for president in April, joining Emmanuel Macron who had already crossed the threshold of 500 signatures required, according to the list published Tuesday by the Constitutional Council.
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To re-read
: French presidential election: on the left, the rallying war
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France
French politics
Presidential France 2022
Christiane Taubira
Yannick Jadot