Presidential 2022. Anne Hidalgo in Toulouse: “Macron is the right, Mélenchon is the impasse”
By David Saint-Sernin
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Gone are the days when the socialist presidential candidate put Toulouse boiling.
Ten years ago, Francois Hollande filled the Place du Capitole in 2007, Ségolène Royal filled the former Parc des Expositions on the Ile du Ramier. Almost 50 years ago, François Mitterrand sold out at the Toulouse Stadium.
A small Sports Palace filled with
Times have changed for the Socialist Party. This is Jean-Luc Melenchon which this time will fill the Place du Capitole and Anne Hidalgo, which does not take off in the voting intentions, will probably not be in the second round of this election.
Saturday March 26, 2022, the socialist candidate still filled the Petit Palais des Sports in Toulouse.
About 2000 peopleplaces throughout the Occitanie region, have given their support to the candidate.
“Lucid, but not resigned”. Sébastien Vincini, spokesperson for Anne Hidalgo and first secretary of the PS in Haute-Garonnehad announced the color before the meeting.
It is in this state of mind that the Socialists gathered this Saturday in Toulouse. In particular the great figures of the region and the department.
“Let’s be determined, persevering and creative”
“Let’s be determined, persevering and creative,” supported the president of the departmental council, Georges Méric, at the podium, calling for “the reconstruction of the socialist party” after the election. Adding a few spikes to the macronist power of the past five years:
“Emmanuel Macron, the president of fantasy, the president of the mirage of trickle, of deception… After five years of full power, the poor are even poorer and the rich are even richer. Too many of our fellow citizens are deprived of “the future”.
“The left of reality and doing”
An Emmanuel Macron quite booed by “the left of the action and not of the chatter” as insisted Carole Delga, the president of Occitanie Region, the elected, very applauded, adding:
“The left is here, here and now. It exists through our public policies. It is the left of reality and doing that gets its hands dirty and refuses populism à la Mélenchon”.
The appearance of Anne Hidalgo on stage
The candidate, who entered the scene shortly before 4 p.m., for her part, focused on the themes which form the common base of her party: school, the educational and financial support of teachers, secularism, health, pensions…
About school
“Candidate Macron is the privatization of the school. We will make the school the basis of the republican pact. I will delete Parcoursup. I will generalize the possibility of training in work-study courses. I want teachers to be more thoughtful. I will revalue the salaries of teachers, minimizing by school teachers who will now start their careers, like executives, at 2,350 euros net! »
Against medical deserts
On health, the candidate wanted to announce herself tackling medical deserts “I will ensure that young doctors in training practice in these medical deserts”.
No retirement age report
On pensions, the candidate indicated that she refused to push back the retirement age to 65. “It will be 62 years and not a year more” hammered Anne Hidalgo in front of a finally galvanized audience. She is assured of wanting to bring the minimum pension for farmers to 85% of the minimum wage.
Haro on Emmanuel Macron’s program
Emmanuel Macron was the preferred target of the candidate. “Emmanuel is neither left nor left, he is right and right”.
“Mélenchon is a dead end”
Jean-Luc Mélenchon who, in the space of ten years, has reversed the balance of power with the Socialist Party at the polls, has also been the subject of attacks from the candidate:
“Mélenchon is the impasse, he is the one who did not call for a vote against the far right in 2017… It is the least useful vote in the world to change the lives of our fellow citizens” .
Visiting Empalot in the morning
In the morning, before the meeting, Anne Hidalgo had made a visit to the popular district of Empalot.
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