It is a total reversal that the Socialists have just made. A major change in the line carried by the party. Increase in the minimum wage to 1400 euros net per month, retirement at 60, ecological planning, Sixth Republic but also non-compliance with “certain European rules”: the leadership of the Socialist Party subscribes to the proposals of the program of La France insoumise with a view to a agreement to the legislative elections, in a document made public this Friday.
In this four-page text, the Socialists, who began discussions on Wednesday with LFI, present their “answers” to the “twelve markers” discussed by the formation of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and make additional proposals “in fidelity to our fundamentals and our priorities, by valuing the convergences and without hiding the differences”, they write. Regarding the “disobedience to the European treaties”, which LFI wishes, the Socialists say they are “deeply attached to the European construction”, and “will refuse
For her part, the president of the Occitanie region chose to take up a quote from Pierre Mendès France, according to whom “Morality in politics prohibits strategy and convictions from diverging, even for reasons of transitory opportunity”.
The Socialists also reaffirm “the need for full and complete support for the Ukrainian nation, its freedom and its sovereignty, in the face of the aggression decided by Vladimir Putin”. Regarding “the right to retire at age 60”, the PS, which until then was not convinced financially, offers “a first step including taking into account long careers and arduous jobs”. It also validates “the repeal of the unemployment insurance reform and the regressive provisions introduced into the Labor Code by the El Khomri law (of 2016, under François Hollande, editor’s note) and the Macron orders”, signed in 2017.
A few days before the deadline for finding a historic agreement with LFI, the PS emphasizes that “the shared program, based on the real search for convergence, must be the guarantee of a real desire to govern together in the service of the working classes and averages of this country”, but “is not intended to make disappear the identity and the political history of the ones and the others”.