François Hollande candidate for the legislative elections in Corrèze? The entourage of the former president denied these rumors on Tuesday. Contrary to what several newspapers say, including Le Canard Enchaîné in its edition to be published on Wednesday, François Hollande has no intention of presenting his candidacy for this election. “It’s part of speculation, rumors and fantasies of each other, but not the thinking of François Hollande, who is not at all in this process,” added the same source.
The ex-president, more than 20 years deputy of Corrèze, agitated the media sphere Monday following a video where he said not to be a candidate “for the moment” in the presidential election, but that he was going ” speak soon”. In this video, broadcast Sunday evening by France 3, the former head of state explained to a high school student during a meeting with students, that “as things are not going well [dans le pays et à gauche], it is true that we might say Would one more application be helpful ; I don’t know, I don’t think so…”
A speech in mid-February
François Hollande added: “I have the same ideas as before, I continue to defend them, and a former president can very well go back to politics and, it happened, be a candidate for the presidential election”, had- he adds. Asked then to find out if he might soon make a decision on a possible candidacy, he replied: “I will in any case speak soon. »
His entourage told AFP on Monday that a speech might take place in mid-February on the situation in France, in a context “serious enough” for a former president “to come out of his reserve”.