For François Hollande, the current leadership of the Socialist Party has a heavy responsibility for the failure of its candidate, Anne Hidalgo, in the last presidential election. “For five years, work should have been done by the party, programmatic work, work with society, with the living forces, work to promote a certain number of generations”regretted the former President of the Republic, Thursday, April 28 on franceinfo.
“Then there was a lack of incarnation”, according to him, because “a political party, or a candidacy, is an incarnation”. “You can think what you want of the personalities who clashed in the first and second rounds. [de la présidentielle]there were personalities there”he assured.
For him, “the PS is without incarnation” and he “don’t talk about Anne Hidalgo” but “from the leadership of the PS”. Without naming him, he criticized the current first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure. “A leader comes first to the voters”, he observed. Gold, “there were European elections, regional elections”in which the member for Seine-et-Marne did not play a leading role.
François Hollande also acknowledges that he was able to play a role in the failure of Anne Hidalgo, who only won 1.75% in the first round of the presidential election. “I necessarily have a share of responsibilityhe admitted. I did not represent myself [en 2017]I think there are bound to be consequences..
“It comes down to the question: should I have represented myself, or was I right to give way to another candidate to prevent the far right and the right from face? That’s my responsibility”he assured.