It is a dinner whose digestion could prove laborious, even painful, for the Socialist Party (PS), since the secret which was to guarantee its political effectiveness has been revealed. On Wednesday April 6, Anne Hidalgo, the PS candidate in the presidential election, brought together six guests who had a lot to share about the future of a party to be rebuilt from top to bottom.
At 8 p.m., in the dining room of the Questure of the Senate, boulevard Saint-Michel, in Paris, were present, around the mayor of Paris, the president of the PS group in the Senate Patrick Kanner, the former president of the Republic François Hollande, the mayor of Lille Martine Aubry, the president of the Occitanie region Carole Delga, the mayor of Nantes and campaign director of Anne Hidalgo Johanna Rolland. Former Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was invited. But, according to Valérie Rabault, president of the socialist group in the National Assembly, the former prime minister showed a ” wisdom “, of one « intelligence » and one ” detention ” which are “precious” by not going there. “If I had known, I would not have gone there, she concludes. Doing such a grub… Is this the right time to think about all this? »
The six left around 10:30 p.m., a little annoyed because, in the meantime, the existence of these very private feasts had leaked to the press. “It was a friendly dinner between relatives of Anne’s campaign, which in no way calls into question the organization of the PS, sighs Patrick Kanner, contacted Thursday morning. We discussed two topics: the message to send on the evening of the first round. And what will be the stakes of the legislative elections. » He couldn’t say much more. Above all, he could not mention that the idea of a collegiate leadership was being studied, the beginnings of the construction of a new social-democratic movement which would go far beyond the PS. Despite everything, Patrick Kanner adds, at the risk of revealing the real agenda, that he was nevertheless ” many » question of the word “gathering”.
“Nauseous”
This meal took place just four days before a first round which promises to be historically catastrophic for the PS, and two months before legislative elections which promise to be crucial for its survival. However, the first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, was not invited. He hadn’t even been informed. At the same time, he was seated in Morlaix (Finistère) at a much more rustic table alongside Breton activists. A contrast with the dinner under the golds of the Senate which he hastened to stage on Twitter.
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