A month after the Marseille congress, the fire is still smoldering in the Socialist Party (PS), despite the peace agreement signed between its leader extended for three years, Olivier Faure, and his main rival, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, named first deputy secretary. This time, it is the first district of Ariège, between the Pyrenees and Foix, which serves as a theater for the differences. On March 26, as part of a partial legislative election, left-wing voters will have the choice between Bénédicte Taurine, outgoing elected LFI, labeled New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), and dissident Martine Froger, suspended from the PS in 2022 .
Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol has been suggesting for weeks that the socialist, supported by local activists and the president of the Occitanie region, Carole Delga, has every legitimacy to present herself. Unlike Olivier Faure, who supports the candidate of Nupes. “We are in the replica of an agreement, signed and validated in June 2022. The cancellation of the ballot has been planned since day one, there were zero unknowns”justifies the first secretary of the PS.
Faced with the persistence of the mayor of Rouen, the deputy of Seine-et-Marne will try to establish his legitimacy by an act of authority. He decided to put to the vote of the national council – the “parliament” of the party, where he is the majority –, Saturday, March 11, the Ariège issue. “We cannot devalue the signature of the PS and give the impression that we are not keeping our commitments. The question of trust is important”, he justifies, in anticipation of future agreements on senatorial or European elections. It must be said that the leader of the PS is expected at the turn by his “rebellious” partners who hope for a unitary pledge from him. “Support for Bénédicte Taurine is a sticking point. La Nupes can only live by respecting the agreements that have been signed”confirms the number one of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s movement, Manuel Bompard.
If dismissing Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol from his functions is not topical, Olivier Faure and his relatives have decided not to grant any post of national secretary – the executive of the party, which will also be validated on Saturday – to those who would vote. against support for Bénédicte Taurine. “We ask those who wish to participate in the future leadership of the party for consistency on the merits, justifies Pierre Jouvet, right arm of Olivier Faure. It would not be conceivable that a direction does not express itself in the same way on the subjects. »
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