“Three women against the brutal methods of Laurent Wauquiez”: The ecologist Fabienne Grébert, the socialist Najat Vallaud-Belkacem and the communist Cécile Cukierman announced without surprise on Monday that they would make a common list and program to try to dislodge President LR leaving Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Faced with the tidal wave Wauquiez, which obtained 43.8% of the votes in the first round, the three left candidates “united, proud and determined”, see themselves as “alternative” to escape a second term of the head of file LR, big favorite of the second round.
“We have a great responsibility, that of bringing together for a positive alternative to the solutions of the past and to hatred, that of carrying a project for the future for ecology, social justice and democracy, that of facing up to the far right now embodied by Laurent Wauquiez, ”said Fabienne Grébert, reading a joint statement to the press in Lyon. And to insist: “The hour is serious and faced with predatory logic (…), faced with withdrawal into oneself, we embody hope”.
“Each bulletin is a weapon of resistance”
On the evening of the first round, Laurent Wauquiez largely left the candidate EELV (14.4%), who arrived in front of the RN Andrea Kotarac (12.3%), the socialist Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (11.4%) and the communist Cécile Cukierman (5.5%).
LREM Bruno Bonnell, not qualified for the second round (9.87%), announced that he would not merge with any list.
Ecology, social justice and democracy will be the main lines of the common program of the three candidates under development, and the latter have already agreed to “reconcile ecology, economy and employment”.
“The alternative to Laurent Wauquiez is us”
“In view of this democratic shock that is abstention, we must above all act to show that there is no inevitability,” added Fabienne Grébert, calling on voters to mobilize in the second round. Each bulletin is a weapon of resistance and a seed of hope, ”she added.
For his part, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem insisted on the need to address all voters, in particular those whose candidates did not pass the first round. “The alternative to Laurent Wauquiez is us. We hope to convince them on the need for an alternative but also on the quality of our program ”, declared the candidate PS.
“This vote is useful, because whatever happens on Sunday, it is the future of our region that is being built for the years to come,” continued Cécile Cukierman, calling for “to ensure that diversity des Auvergnats and Rhône-Alpins be represented in the regional hemicycle ”.
The three candidates announced that they were preparing to campaign together, especially this Tuesday in Lyon, Wednesday in Auvergne and Thursday in Grenoble.