At the Congress of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol fail to agree on the connection with LFI | EUROtoday

The first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, and his competitor, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, won’t make the long-awaited abstract to attempt to convey the get together collectively, the opponents of Mr. Faure introduced on Sunday, June 15, on the final day of the Congress in Nancy. During this congress, the administration of the primary re -elected secretary and his opponents, led by the mayor of Rouen, had been struck on the connection that the PS should preserve with rebellious France (LFI).

The two currents had been near an settlement on a abstract textual content, however the camp of Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, which narrowly failed to please the top of the get together, wished to have the next sentence inserted within the evening from Saturday to Sunday: “We will not agree with national and programmatic agreement in the legislative elections with LFI. »» What Olivier Faure’s camp refused to do.

The first secretary regularly said that his party would not “Not behind Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the presidential election” from 2027 and that there would be no national agreement to the municipal elections with the “rebellious”. But, in the event of the dissolution of the National Assembly and risk of access from the far right to power, he refuses to exclude discussions with LFI.

“Everyone will be associated”

“We regret that this amendment was not accepted. It was the only amendment that separated us from an agreement ”mentioned on Sunday in entrance of the press, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol. He as soon as once more deplored a scarcity of readability, believing that the topic of the connection to LFI “Was hidden” by administration, which “Make it believes that it was behind us”.

In Olivier Faure’s camp, MEP Pierre Jouvet defined that administration refused to “Positioning yourself permanently compared to LFI”and had “No permanent obsession” With regard to the formation of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

At this stage, discussions are nonetheless underway with Boris Vallaud’s present to succeed in a governance pact, mentioned Faure present. At the top of the congress, “Everyone will be associated, especially in the preparation of municipal elections and in the definition of the socialist party project”assured Mr. Jouvet.