The Head of State announced his decision not to participate in the presidential election. The path is thus open for all other candidates, those who have already expressed themselves and those who were “in pectore”.
Everyone, from the bearers of fanciful ideologies to those driven by simple narcissism, can aspire to be the standard-bearer of a left divided into factions and personal clans.
Will the sense of responsibility prevail so that the left, certainly weakened, is not permanently marginalized? Because after the presidential election, there will be the legislative elections…
At this moment, and in the current state of affairs, there is frankly little reason to be optimistic.
The comments from local political leaders did not fail to follow in quick succession.
“François Hollande’s speech and his decision reflect the statesman he is. A man dignified in all circumstances and concerned with the general interest, no one can doubt that anymore,” commented Xavier Garcia, federal secretary 06.
Unusually moderate, Christian Estrosi expressed himself as follows: “As François Hollande has just announced that he will not be running for re-election, as a resolved yet respectful adversary of his position, I want to commend the dignity of the gesture. We are therefore going to change Presidents. It is now also the policies that need changing.”
Despite the setback in the right’s primary where his candidate Nicolas Sarkozy was heavily ousted, Eric Ciotti did not lose his usual aggressiveness: “This decision is logical, how could François Hollande have run with such a disastrous record?” he commented.
