At the PS, the Congress of helplessness | EUROtoday

Dyears The lengthy historical past of the Congress of the Socialist Party (PS), the 81^ewhich resulted in Nancy, Sunday June 15, will stay marked with the seal of helplessness. Two years from the 2027 presidential election, in a hardly favorable political context to the left, the get together needed to fulfill two circumstances to hope to weigh: to claim a transparent line and convey collectively as broadly as doable round this line. The too shut re-election of Olivier Faure for a fourth time period (51.15 %) in opposition to the mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the persistent ambiguities of the primary secretary with regard to rebellious France (LFI), which he however claimed to be free of, was proper for the sought-after unit.

The Nancy Congress, which was to be that of emancipation, passed off from begin to end below the shadow of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who pretended to be stunned to raised rejoice. The synthesis was damaged when the supporters of the mayor of Rouen vainly demanded the written insurance coverage that there can be no“National and programmatic agreement” with LFI within the occasion of legislative elections.

The difficulties of the Socialist Party in freed itself from its cumbersome ally don’t solely be because of the weak spot of its management. They come up from the electoral steadiness of energy which makes a sure variety of mayors and socialist deputies can’t hope to be re-elected with out the assist of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. They consult with the lack of the reformist camp to convey out, on the rubble of the 5 -year time period of François Hollande, a undertaking more likely to compete with the rupture defended by the one who had sworn sooner or later “Plumor the socialist poultry”.

Dilution trial

Follower of a “Ecological socialism” of which he has not managed in seven years to outline the content material, Olivier Faure hoped to reveal in Nancy his means to anchor the PS in a gathering of the left giant sufficient to marginalize the “rebellious”. The low dynamic out there to it internally exposes it to the dilution trial. His rival, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, who pleaded for “A socialist affirmation” On a way more reformist axis however remained obscure on doable alliances, has not satisfied any extra.

The state of division wherein the previous dominant get together of the left is situated, now decreased to lower than 40,000 claimed activists, exposes it to giant disappointments. In disagreement on the road, the socialists may have the best issue in buying a undertaking more likely to renew their id. They will discover themselves on the defensive once they should resolve whether or not or not they vote the censorship in opposition to the federal government of François Bayrou, when he has, in mid-July, traced his tracks to attempt to cut back deficits and debt.

This disunity can nonetheless be aggravated by the maneuvers that happen outdoors the get together to attempt to proceed a left of presidency. Having damaged down since 2022, former Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has simply joined forces with the Minister of Regional Planning, François Rebsamen, to work for a rally of the social-democratic left for 2027. At the top of public area, Raphaël Glucksmann tries to broaden the middle left voters that he had managed to seize throughout the European elections marketing campaign of 2024. which improve the danger of devitalization, even secession, to which the PS is now uncovered.