Presidential 2022: Anne Hidalgo campaigning in Aubervilliers

The place chosen is symbolic: Aubervilliers, a land of the left in the Parisian suburbs (Seine-Saint-Denis). A few thousand supporters had come to applaud the socialist candidate, Saturday, January 22, but the room was far from full, like a campaign on the left which is struggling to mobilize, and activists aware of an announced rout . “We deal with it”, one of them blows. “The campaign is difficult, but as they say: difficult, is not impossible”, considers another.

Outlining the main measures of her program, Anne Hidalgo also recalled the divisions of the left, tackling in passing those who did not want to come together. Despite bad polls which give Between 2% and 4%, the candidate refuses resignation and in the party staff, we prefer not to talk about the figures. Eleven weeks before the first round, Anne Hidalgo is ready to carry the values ​​of the left, even if it means advancing almost alone.