Friday in Nantes, former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault showed his “total” support for PS candidate Anne Hidalgo, hailing “her courage and determination” in this “difficult campaign”, where she is credited with 2% of voting intentions in the polls. “Anne I would like to tell you my esteem, my friendship and all my support because it is a difficult campaign, no one will deny it”, declared the former mayor of Nantes, during a press point with the candidate, traveling in Loire-Atlantique.
Also in the presence of the current mayor of Nantes Johanna Rolland, Anne Hidalgo’s campaign director, Jean-Marc Ayrault stressed that the candidate was leading her campaign “with absolutely extraordinary courage and determination, and with loyalty to the convictions of left and socialists whom I would like to salute,” he explained. “I totally support her,” he insisted.
The PS in danger?
Asked whether the PS could disappear, Mr. Ayrault felt that “a party is one thing, but the left will not disappear”. “I am convinced that the values of the left, which are deep, rooted, are what are on the agenda today,” he said, citing social justice, solidarity and the fight against discrimination and all forms of inequality.
But he admitted that “the response from political organizations is wrong, this campaign showed it from all parties, including the PS”. “We know very well that after this presidential election, there will be a need to rebuild a political offer on the left, it is the work of a new generation”, he judged.
“Jean-Marc Ayrault embodies this socialism which transforms the reality of our fellow citizens”, greeted Anne Hidalgo, who has also recently garnered the support of ex-President François Hollande, ex-Prime Minister Lionel Jospin or the ex – first secretary of the PS Jean-Christophe Cambadélis.