“Now the bulk of the work remains to be done”, confide the supporters of Christiane Taubira

”Good +” is the score obtained by Christiane Taubira at the end of the ‘Popular Primary of the Left, ahead of the Ecologist Yannick Jadot (“quite well +”) and the Insoumis Jean-Luc Mélenchon (“quite well -“) which complete the podium defined by nearly 400,000 voters.

The former Keeper of the Seals of François Hollande thus finds himself propelled to the head of a left in pieces. And the supporters of Christiane Taubira, gathered on Sunday January 30 at the candidate’s HQ, in a Parisian bar, know it well: the path to the Elysée remains complicated.

An evening that began with a great cry of joy: “It has been determined that the person who came out on top is Mrs. Christiane Taubira.” proclaims one of the organizers of the “Pop Primary”. And it was immediately 200 activists who jumped for happiness. The suspense, however, lasted until the end, assures Lénaïc:

“We weren’t necessarily calm about the ballot. It’s not at all a foregone conclusion.”

“Relieved, we are relieved and very happy. And now a lot of work ahead of us.“Like Lénaïc, only 18 years old, the crowd is young and conquered in advance.

“We have to find a key. We have to find a way. We must find a language in order to bring together the lefts and their sensitivities.“Assaults Christiane Taubira at the podium, and slips having a phone call to make to Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Fabien Roussel…”It’s essential“, says Alexandre, 30-something and early activist. “Now, the bulk of the work remains to be done, indeed, as she said herself. Unite the left, bring together all the candidates and it is they who have the cards, along with the activists of all the parties.“

The crowd calls for the union of the left. Pious hope, some would say. But Taubira’s supporters know it without that: impossible victory in 70 days.