Despite the gloomy context and unfavorable circumstances, there is one socialist who remains optimistic: Xavier Garcia, the first federal of the party in the Azure region.
For him, “there is no inevitability.” And he has several reasons to hope for the dual electoral challenges this spring: the left-wing electorate will mobilize in light of a Fillon/Marine Le Pen presidential duel and to avoid a debacle in the post-presidential legislative elections.
His belief is that “the voters will be more discerning about the hierarchy of parties and will understand that without a minimum of cohesion, it will be impossible to move mountains!”
Because that’s what it comes down to, if we look at and take the polls seriously.
“We must not mistake our enemy,” he tells the militants who came to share the galette des Rois, and “restore confidence” while morale is quite low.
But his message is mostly directed at those absent, because when we talk about the left… the plural is a necessity! And going into battle in a scattered order is a sure way to suffer setbacks.
Will the momentum from the primary be enough to nominate the socialist candidate in the first round? The question remains…
A man of consensus, Xavier Garcia represents the new generation whose “credo” is pragmatism and whose path is compromise.
Caught between the reformist “marchers” and the dogmatic “rebels,” what place and role can the “pragmatics” have in the various factions?
“I will not claim that I will succeed, but I want to unite the lefts on specific themes: transportation policy, housing, diversification of an economy too dependent on tourism…”
The goal is noble, the outcome uncertain…
You know the left-wing leaders, they are even friendly and they have great and good ideas.
But unity is a hard word for them: two people, three ideas, and as for personal ambitions, let’s not even mention them!
Afterward, they look for the voters…
