A little over three months before the French presidential elections, Debates on the left are accelerating to define the best strategy to reach the second round. The newspaper Liberation published on December 30 a poll on “what left-wing voters expect.”
The newspaper poll Liberation shows that 65% of left-wing voters think it is a good idea celebrar open primaries to define the name of a person who unites the different parties. But at the same time, 52% think that what divides the left itself is more important than what unites it. For 30%, the political differences between the different currents are “irreconcilable”.
Christiane Taubira at the helm
These barriers are reflected in the indexes of popularity of each of the possible candidates. The former Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, ranks at the top with 39% of preferences, in the poll carried out by Viavoice for the French newspaper.
The candidate of the traditional Socialist Party, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, only has 23% support and ranks last among the left-wing candidates who could succeed the current president, Emmanuel Macron.
Macron also appears well placed, in third place: 34% of those consulted declare that they are willing to re-elect the Head of State, who leads a Government with names mainly from the right and center, but which includes the left.
Disagreements about the best strategy
The conservative newspaper Le Figaro also highlights divisions on the French left. “There are those who strongly defend the unity of the left, pointing out that no candidate will be able to reach the second round today. And there are others who consider that these attempts at negotiation (…) are counterproductive and could demobilize the electorate in the first round. “says an article published this Thursday.
The newspaper points out that the environmentalist candidate, Yannick Jadot, and the candidate of the radical left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, they are the most refractory to a possible resignation to stand on behalf of a single left-wing candidacy. Both have refused to let Christiane Taubira go free.
“But the pressure for unity also comes from within,” says Le Figaro, recalling that a leader of the environmentalists, Sandrine Rousseau, “does not hesitate to say loud and clear that the divided and scattered left will not succeed. “
In the Socialist Party, the issue is more than delicate. A senior party leader confessed to the newspaper that giving up the candidacy of Anne Hidalgo could consolidate “the death of the party”, which has been dying since the presidency of François Hollande. It would be the first time that the Socialists did not stand in a French election.
A little over three months before the French presidential elections, Debates on the left are accelerating to define the best strategy to reach the second round. The newspaper Liberation published on December 30 a poll on “what left-wing voters expect.”
The newspaper poll Liberation shows that 65% of left-wing voters think it is a good idea celebrar open primaries to define the name of a person who unites the different parties. But at the same time, 52% think that what divides the left itself is more important than what unites it. For 30%, the political differences between the different currents are “irreconcilable”.
Christiane Taubira at the helm
These barriers are reflected in the indexes of popularity of each of the possible candidates. The former Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, ranks at the top with 39% of preferences, in the poll carried out by Viavoice for the French newspaper.
The candidate of the traditional Socialist Party, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, only has 23% support and ranks last among the left-wing candidates who could succeed the current president, Emmanuel Macron.
Macron also appears well placed, in third place: 34% of those consulted declare that they are willing to re-elect the Head of State, who leads a Government with names mainly from the right and center, but which includes the left.
Disagreements about the best strategy
The conservative newspaper Le Figaro also highlights divisions on the French left. “There are those who strongly defend the unity of the left, pointing out that no candidate will be able to reach the second round today. And there are others who consider that these attempts at negotiation (…) are counterproductive and could demobilize the electorate in the first round. “says an article published this Thursday.
The newspaper points out that the environmentalist candidate, Yannick Jadot, and the candidate of the radical left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, they are the most refractory to a possible resignation to stand on behalf of a single left-wing candidacy. Both have refused to let Christiane Taubira go free.
“But the pressure for unity also comes from within,” says Le Figaro, recalling that a leader of the environmentalists, Sandrine Rousseau, “does not hesitate to say loud and clear that the divided and scattered left will not succeed. “
In the Socialist Party, the issue is more than delicate. A senior party leader confessed to the newspaper that giving up the candidacy of Anne Hidalgo could consolidate “the death of the party”, which has been dying since the presidency of François Hollande. It would be the first time that the Socialists did not stand in a French election.
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