Philippe Brun, the younger socialist who dreamed of being elephant | EUROtoday

It was the council of an elder, or maybe the warning of a sufferer of the nice maneuvers of the Socialist Party (PS) of yesteryear. When the deputy of Eure Philippe Brun, 33, engaged physique and soul on this 81^e Socialist Congress (which shall be held from June 13 to fifteen in Nancy), his former mentor, Arnaud Montebourg, warned it: “They are all going to gang up against you, and you will come to see me to say” you have been proper “. »» The young parliamentarian still embarked on the adventure. Because it nevertheless happens that he listens to the veterans and take them to the word. On July 23, 2022, the day after the legislative elections which saw the birth of the new ecological and social popular union, he paid tribute to Jean-Luc Mélenchon in The point :: “Without him, the French left would be at the level of the Italian left. »» The leader of rebellious France will thank him in an SMS a few days later: “It is the duty of your generation to refound a PS which will be ready to govern in ten years. »»

And what better opportunity than a PS congress to assert yourself? From the top of his 33 spring, the Norman deputy wants to count in the socialist system, especially within a generation rich in talents of which he is already one of the most media faces. The one we did not really think of Apparatchik, elected of claimed ground, in a constituency where he struggles foot with the national rally, threw himself into socialist competition “Like a fish in water”said with a smile his ally, the deputy of Essonne Jérôme Guedj. With the latter, the treasurer of the Fatima Yadani party, the deputy for Val-d’Oise Romain Eskenazi or the Senator of Val-de-Marne Laurence Rossignol, Philippe Brun has therefore filed a contribution which wants to put the popular classes at the heart of the debates of this congress, marking his differences with the first secretary, Olivier Faure, of whom he was an ardent support.

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