She had already come last November to Rilhac-Rancon (Haute-Vienne), then to Tulle (Corrèze) the next day. Anne Hidalgo returned to Limousin this Tuesday evening for a meeting less than three weeks before the first round of the presidential election. No Zénith, as for François Hollande in 2002, but the Buxerolles pavilion, in Limoges where 400 to 500 people came to listen to him.
A meeting with a distinguished guest: the former President of the Republic. As last November, in Tulle, François Hollande gave his support to the mayor of Paris credited with around 2% of the votes in the polls: “Anne Hidalgo has embarked on a campaign in an extremely difficult context. She has courage, tenacity, she has ambition for everyone. She therefore has my support.”
François Hollande who tackles in passing, without quoting him, another former President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy: “I’m here because I’m faithful and loyal, especially when it’s difficult. What would you say if I had been silent or if I had hidden myself. , who has never been an example for me.”
In his speech, the former President of the Republic criticizes the current policy, talks about the socialist proposals, the history and the heritage of the party. The room is ready! Anne Hidalgo enters the track. She is applauded several times, and hits the mark in particular on the retirement project at 65 : “It is the sacrifice of the popular classes and this sacrifice, we will oppose it with all our strength.”
We needed it – René, activist
After a two-hour meeting, activists like René, who came from Dorat, are re-motivated for the last days of the campaign : “We needed it and we actually hope that it will energize the voters a little bit so that our candidate goes as high as possible.”
– Valerie Mosnier
Because, even if they still hope, some like Monique and Jean-Pierre are realistic: “We’re going to wait for the elections, but it won’t go up much. It’s a sword in the water. It’s the PS that is sick, I hope they find a leader. Because there, it’s not possible, you can’t lead with a PS like that: a lot of pessimism, a little laxity. They have to get back to work.
Exactly… This Tuesday evening, François Hollande called after the election to a“initiative to rebuild the left” in which he wishes to take part.
But he says nothing but one possible candidacy for the June legislative elections next and for which he could be a candidate in Corrèze, on the 1st constituency in Corrèze. To the question launched by a journalist on the meetings, “it’s missing” he recognizes before adding enigmatic and with a smile, “there will be more, soon.”