“It’s a choice of evidence,” said Saturday, who was the number two of the Socialist Party, adding that “no other candidate still seems more competent”
Le Monde with AFP
The former Minister of Labor during the Quinquennium of Socialist François Hollande, François Rebsamen, announced, Saturday, March 5th, that he would vote Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election. “It’s a choice of evidence. No other candidate still seems more competent,” said France-Presse Agency (AFP) the mayor of Dijon, confirming an announcement made daily the Parisian in an article put online on Saturday.
Emmanuel Macron has “the scope and credibility of a head of state. He proved it every day while we are at war,” explained former number two of the Socialist Party (PS), From 1997 to 2008, which denies a minister position in the case of Second term of office of Emmanuel Macron: “I do not ask for anything for myself”.
Former Minister of Labor (2014-2015), Mr. Rebsamen had already distanced his distances from the PS during the election at his head by Olivier Faure, in September. “The PS became sectarian and no longer speaks to the popular circles. He does not have a vision, no program. Anne Hidalgo is the victim,” he regretted. “I am and I remain socialist”, hammered Mr. Rebsamen.
“We can not leave Emmanuel Macron alone with the right”
His rallying was no doubt. Last July, he had signed a 350-mayor forum greeting the “courage” of Emmanuel Macron. In October, he had mentioned “common causes” with territories of progress, which brings together the left wing of the presidential majority.
The Bourguignon said to join the outgoing president with his “lucidity, knowing the negative and positive aspects of the five-year”. “The policy of whatever it costs is one of the major elements that made me evolve,” he added, welcoming that France became “one of the most protective countries in Europe by paying the 8.5 million French “unemployed during the CVIV-19 crisis.
François Rebsamen, who had in 2018 accused Emmanuel Macron of “the richest privilege”, remains, however, opposed to the abolition of the wealth tax, as to the reform of the unemployment insurance for “deviations from allowances that are not acceptable “and to which” it will remedy “.
Thus, it is to “weigh” on a new five-fifth Macron that Mr. Rebsamen wants to create a “independent social democratic movement” after the presidential election. “We can not leave Emmanuel Macron alone with the right,” he says. To do this, “personalities will join me”, he assures without giving any names. Several other figures of the PS have recently joined Macronia, including former Minister Marisol Touraine and Manuel Valls, the former chief of the Government of François Hollande (2014-2016).