A “common candidacy” of the left for the presidential election: after Mélenchon’s appeal, the response of Castets and Tondelier

“We must now organize ourselves to obtain a majority in Parliament and win the next presidential election,” affirm the two signatories of a column posted online on the newspaper's website West France.

“We believe that every victory is a team story and that urgency requires us to be able to come together around our convergences. they emphasize.

They announce the creation of the site “gagnons-ensemble.fr” which should serve as a “framework for reflection and common actions, in order to win the cultural battle against the right and the extreme right”.

The two signatories set what they present as a prerequisitee: “wish for a joint candidacy for the next presidential election, without placing this or that name as a prerequisite for collective work”.

The day after a declaration by Mélenchon

This position taken by Marine Tondelier and Lucie Castet comes the day after a declaration by Jean-Luc Mélenchon which did not go unnoticed as it resembles an offer of services.

The leader of the radical left proposed on Friday to those who want to unite with La France insoumise to wear “a joint application” on the basis of its program in the event of an early presidential election.

“We are in favor of a joint candidacy. We said it to each other ten times, based on the program. And as we will go with the program, well, come whoever wants, he is welcome”, launched the leader of La France insoumise, who wants the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron, and thus hopes for the organization of an early presidential election.

The leader, already a presidential candidate three times, proposed an “ofederative offer” to “those who want” join LFI to “to run a joint candidacy for the presidential election”. He excluded the Communist Party from his approach and “the right of the Socialist Party” because “we refuse to go along with people who insult us along the way”.