Bernard Cazeneuve will present a “project for France” in the summer of 2025

PRESIDENTIAL – It is (still not) a declaration of candidacy but a very clear step towards 2027. Bernard Cazeneuve affirms this Sunday, November 3 that he will present “a project for the country at the beginning of next summer”ensuring however that it was not constructed “a destiny” for himself.

The former Prime Minister begins this Monday a “tour of the regions” to bring its “contribution to collective reflection”. “The reconstruction of the social-democratic camp cannot result in a juxtaposition of personal ambitions. What matters is what we are going to do on the merits”he pleads in West France.

The one who leads the La Convention movement, and is cited among the potential candidates on the left for 2027, however assures us: “I am not building a destiny for myself. This would not make sense in the current political context”. “The government left can only be reconstituted if there are enough disinterested people aware of the country's difficulties to want to overcome them together. The project must take precedence over any personal consideration”he insists.

If, however, he were in a good position for the next presidential election, the former Minister of the Interior promises that he will not flee his “responsibilities”. “But I will not destroy any other hypothesis capable of avoiding the accession to power of the National Rally. In the historical circumstances we find ourselves in, we must be able to surpass our ambitions to build a common design”he argues.

Bernard Cazeneuve was received last summer by Emmanuel Macron when the latter was looking for a Prime Minister capable of forming a government. But the head of state ended up preferring Michel Barnier; he also judges the steps of his distant successor very harshly. “If I have consideration and esteem for Michel Barnier, I condemn the political orientation of his government, which is undoubtedly very right-wing”he said.

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