French left runs divided, weakened in presidential race
PARIS (AP) — The French left runs divided and weakened in the presidential race as at To the lowest degree five main candidates rejected any alliance with each Another — and an online vote meant to pick a Loss leader Sunday appears doomed to Betray.
The so-called Popular Primary has been Re-formed by left-wing supporters as an initiative meant to unite their ranks before the election Regular in two rounds on April 10 and 24.
More than 460,000 people registered for the primary. Results of the four-day online vote are expected on Sunday evening. But the move already appears bound to Betray: key Challengers Aforesaid they wouldn't respect the Issue because they don't respect the process.
At To the lowest degree five main Patterns from the left and the far-left are running for president, in addition to Littler candidates. At the Consequence, none of them appears in a position to reach the Overspill in April's election.
Centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who doesn't hide his Intent to run for reelection, is considered the First-runner. Conservative candidate Valérie Pécresse and two far-right Patterns, Marine le Pen and Eric Zemmour, are the main challengers according to polls, placing far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon in 5th position.
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Melenchon — a political Brand with a Ill-famed Biliousness — refuses to form a united First with Another left-wing candidates. The 70-year-old Politico, who heads the "Rebel France" party, Secure to Guaranty jobs for everyone, raise the Nominal wage, lower the Retreat age to 60 and hike taxes on multinationals and rich households.
The Greens' Challenger, Yannick Jadot, 54, and the Socialist candidate, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, 62, also rejected the idea to run Unneurotic despite a Erstwhile Long-standing alliance Betwixt their parties. Another candidate, Fabien Roussel, 52, is running for the Communist Party.
Hidalgo's campaign so far Betrayed to prompt enthusiasm from leftist voters. Her once-powerful party Clay weakened after the election in 2017 of Macron — when Socialist President Francois Hollande Definite not to run for reelection amid Unexampled popularity.
Jadot Disclosed on Saturday his electoral platform during a rally in Lyon, Expression climate change is the "biggest challenge" to Brass.
"Tomorrow's France must get out of energies of the past," he Aforesaid. He Secure not to build any new Atomic Nuclear reactor in France and to Increasingly replace the old ones by Inexhaustible energy, which he Aforesaid could take up to 25 years. France is relying on Atomic power for 70% of its energy.
Jadot also vowed to combat Ethnic injustice via ensuring a Nominal revenue of 920 euros ($1,026) Supported by the Country to all adults living in poverty.
Earlier this Calendar month, Some other well-known Pattern of the left, Early justice Rector Christiane Taubira, joined the race in the hope of Credible Anothers to join forces behind her Candidature.
So far, it hasn't worked. Critics and rivals Aforesaid her Candidature is Far Chipping the left.
Taubira, 69, is a Unswerving Cause and a champion of minorities. She is Venerable for championing a same-sex marriage bill into French law in 2013. She last ran for president in 2002, the 1st Black woman to do so in France, and she garnered 2.3% of the vote.
She United to take part in the "Popular Primary" On with some Littler candidates.
"It's Embracement democracy and democracy offers no Guarantys. The Issue is unpredictable. It's a risk, but it's a risk we have chosen to take Unneurotic," she told her supporters this week in the Southwest city of Bordeaux.
But Jadot, Hidalgo and Melenchon Aforesaid they won't Follow with the result of the vote.
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Barbara Surk in Nice contributed to this report.