Ségolène Royal will be a candidate for the position of leader of the Socialist Party.
I have to moderate what I was saying earlier, when I said I wanted her to win. Actually, I still support Benoît Hamon, it's just that it seems unlikely, his chances are unknown and we don't if other candidates may appear. A anti-Royal coalition would be a bad idea to me, because being against Royal is not a political orientation. If Ségolène Royal wins and manages to lead the party (like it took 2 years for Thatcher to become a credible opposition leader), that will be a good thing, but I frankly doubt Royal's skills (and then, Thatcher had a profile radically different from Royal's), I think she will fail in this position and will then be pushed out FOR GOOD, while still respecting her supporters. However, I remembered they kept supporting her despite her defeat at the presidential election and what she said about the minimum wage in France (she was pledging for a 1500 euros minimum wage during the presidential campaign and then blamed her defeat on it, saying the party forced her to include it in her programme, even though the French didn't believe in it according to her)... In the end, maybe her victory would not bring anything good...
Anyway, her candidacy is good news, because it clarifies things and gives the opportunity to beat her now. If Hamon finds himself the only one to face her, he can win.
Apart from that, I really liked some blog posts about it:
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