Hardline Hamon wins French Socialist presidential race

 

 

PARIS: -- It’s easy to say it now with hindsight but Benoit Hamon’s swift rise to the top shouldn’t really be much of a surprise.

 

Even the most die-hard French Socialists agreed the party needed a shake-up so perhaps it’s fitting that the man few expected to be in the race has triumphed with his so-called “desirable future” project.

 

“A world that’s more equal, more fraternal, more fair. That’s the perspective that we’re opening. Some call it a Utopian but we accept that because for us it’s real and we will show them our ideal vision.”

 

Well-known among the Socialist rank-and-file, Hamon was the party’s spokesman between 2008-2012.

 

He’d previously headed the Young Socialists and was an MEP; however, neither role propelled him into the public’s wider eye. When he announced his candidacy six months ago, it passed virtually unnoticed.

 

Still, that shouldn’t be taken as a sign of his popularity. Highly regarded within the party, Hamon’s spent time in government as deputy minister for social economy and solidarity.

 

In 2012, when Manuel Valls was made prime minister he promoted Hamon to education; but fundamental splits emerged shortly afterwards. When the dust settled, Hamon, Arnaud Montebourg, and Aurlie Filipetti had the economy and culture portfolios removed because of their opposition to the government’s plans.

 

But Hamon and Montebourg didn’t disappear quietly. They openly supported Christiane Taubira, the justice minister who resigned over government plans to remove French citizenship from convicted terrorists. Back then Montebourg was the overwhelming favourite to face Valls.

 

But once again, we should all now be getting used to how fast fortunes change in politics and Hamon’s hardline leftist views based on socialism and environmentalism have certainly touched a nerve, inside and beyond the party faithful.

 

“I take responsibility for saying today that what I’m proposing isn’t a option that can sell a dream. It’s not selling anything at all in fact, it’s about being fair and just,” said during the last televised debate.

 

Polls have suggested people thought he was more convincing than any of his counterparts in the run-off debates. Now, Hamon must prove himself again with wider electorate.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2017-01-30

The presidential candidate of the balls scratching people, he could win.

2 hours ago, Zyxel said:

The presidential candidate of the balls scratching people, he could win.

Says the man who has the avatar of an animal that licks its own balls ............

8 hours ago, webfact said:

has triumphed with his so-called “desirable future” project.

I am trying to wrack my old brain and remember all the feel good phrases used in the past to gain my/our confidence and then only to have our hopes dashed yet again by a bunch of self serving trough cleaners. My aging body has come to the point where it now just shudders each and every time it hears this so called futuristic nonsense. Its like being tied to a movie seat watching a really bad movie and unable to reach my drink and popcorn. I also panic as I am a captive audience to a bad movie and have to pee so bad I can taste it.  

8 hours ago, webfact said:

“A world that’s more equal, more fraternal, more fair.

Barf time. 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Some call it a Utopian but we accept that because for us it’s real and we will show them our ideal vision.”

Barf time again. Time to get off of this topic its just sickening listening to all this Utopia talk. 

Edited January 30, 20179 yr by elgordo38