Municipal elections in Paris: Sarah Knafo withdraws earlier than the second spherical “to block the left” | EUROtoday

Far-right MEP Sarah Knafo, narrowly certified (10.4%) for the second spherical of municipal elections in Paris, introduced on Tuesday March 17 that she was withdrawing to dam the left and never for LR candidate Rachida Dati, who refused to ally together with her.

“I have always said that I had one objective since the announcement of my candidacy: to beat the left. So, I am staying the course, I am keeping my word, the word that I gave to my voters and my supporters: I am withdrawing to give us every chance of beating the left”, she declared in an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien, taking care to clarify that she was withdrawing “not for the person of Rachida Dati” however “for Paris”.

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The one who campaigned on the theme of the “Happy City” wearing yellow, an emblem based on her of “the sun at the end of the tunnel”, specifically the alternation after 25 years of socialist administration in Paris, clarified that the battle was “only beginning”.

“I call on my voters to expel the left from Paris town hall, without hesitation. I tell them: ‘If Rachida Dati is elected next Sunday, it will be thanks to you and it will be to you that she will owe it'”, launched this fervent supporter of what she calls “the union of the rights”, specifically the union of the suitable and the intense proper.

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When her qualification was introduced on Monday, she instantly proposed an alliance of comfort to Rachida Dati, which the latter as soon as once more declined, preferring to ally herself with the Horizons/Renaissance record led by Pierre-Yves Bournazel.

“In the last twenty-four hours, I have attempted a union (…). This union that the voters are waiting for has been refused to the end,” she famous, describing her choice as “heavy” however “carefully considered”. “In taking it, I am guided by my sense of integrity and I know that integrity requires sacrifice,” she additional defined.

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“Any politician would have refused to step down. But I am not just any politician,” she added, assuring that “the only thing that mattered was being able to beat the left.” “If the left loses the town hall after 25 years of socialist decline, it will be historic and I will have the feeling of duty accomplished,” she continued.

Asked about her marketing campaign, she stated she was “extremely proud” of the end result, including that it was “not the last”, whereas she is credited with ambitions for the presidential election.

With AFP