Europe 1 with AFP 10:07 p.m., April 24, 2022
In the wake of the re-election of Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election, the mayor of Paris and PS candidate eliminated in the first round, sent his congratulations to the president-candidate this Sunday.
She also called for "rebuilding a new left" whose first fight will be that of the legislative elections.
Former Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Anne Hidalgo called on Sunday, after the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, to "rebuild a new left" whose first fight will be that of the legislative elections.
"I call on all the forces of this democratic left, which has been able to block the worst today, to unite to rebuild a new left, to lead the fights of tomorrow, starting of course with those of the legislative elections" , she said in a video posted on Twitter.
The French men and women have voted.
I extend my Republican congratulations to Emmanuel Macron, re-elected President of the French Republic.
The majority of our fellow citizens blocked the far right, which had never been so close to power.
— Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) April 24, 2022
Addressing her "Republican congratulations to Emmanuel Macron", the PS mayor of Paris stressed that "the far right has never been so close to power".
"Our country is fractured, it can only come together in social justice," said the elected socialist, who achieved in the first round with 1.75% of the vote the worst score of the PS in a presidential election.