The former communications adviser to François Hollande however announced Thursday that he was joining the list of La République en Marche, worn by Agnès Buzyn.
Through Pierre Lepelletier
In politics, there are archives that sometimes come back like a boomerang … Gaspard Gantzer experienced this after his rallying on Thursday to the list of La République en Marche worn by Agnès Buzyn for the municipal elections in Paris. “Her strength is that she will be the captain at the head of a very beautiful team, for which I have great esteem. There is talent, experience. And I will do my part ”, he announced to Parisian .
Gantzer promised to go “to the end”
The former communications adviser to François Hollande did not always make the same speech. At the head of his own movement “Parisiennes, Parisiens”, launched two years ago for the elections, Gaspard Gantzer assured in March 2019 that he would not rally “never” to the list of La République en Marche. “When I go into battle, it’s to go completely and to the end. There will be neither rallying nor patch brought to each other ”, had he hammered on France Inter. Sure Europe 1 in August, the candidate did not say anything else: “We will go all the way, no matter what. Nothing will divert us from our path ”. Then last week, he again declared to the Figaro : “Whether it’s raining or selling, I’m going anyway”.
At Parisian, Gaspard Gantzer explains that his choice was notably guided by the replacement of Benjamin Griveaux by Agnès Buzyn. He said the former government spokesperson “Could not embody in his eyes a third way in Paris between Dati and Hidalgo”. The former communicator, on the other hand, “the conviction” that the former Minister of Health “Will become mayor of Paris”.
The departure of the candidate from his “Parisiennes, Parisiens” movement left his list leaders in embarrassment. All denounce a decision taken “alone”, activated by a simple message in a Telegram loop. Several of them nevertheless intend to try their luck in their respective boroughs.
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