2023-08-26 05:30:07
Ségolène Royal, leaving the Palais des Congrès de Châteauneuf-sur-Isère (Drôme), August 25, 2023. JULIEN MUGUET FOR “THE WORLD”
Those who know her had warned: Ségolène Royal was preparing a coup this summer. On Friday, August 25, she succeeded in taking most of the left-wing leaders by surprise, announcing the launch from the “Amfis” of La France insoumise (LFI) of a union list in the European elections of 2024, under the benevolent gaze of the movement. “We are going to make a list, a union list”she said from Valencia, surrounded by a handful of young activists won over to her cause, who gave her a standing ovation.
A few minutes earlier, around 5 p.m., on stage, alongside the coordinator of LFI, Manuel Bompard, she had let go without developing this little sentence, speaking of the European ballot: “We are going to take an initiative. » Better, the former presidential candidate proposes to be the leader: “Of course, I am available to lead this list”she said under the palm trees of the Palais des Congrès in Châteauneuf-sur-Isère (Drôme).
With whom ? “With La France insoumise, there is consistency”she said, before emphasizing that she had spoken with LFI officials and that Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s troops were ” with [elle] Of course “. Friday noon, the former socialist minister had lunch with Manuel Bompard and the president of the “rebellious” group in the National Assembly, Mathilde Panot. Jean-Luc Mélenchon came by for the coffee.
However, LFI does not assume full support for this initiative, rather a well-understood approval. “We never said that LFI supported Ségolène Royal”said MEP Manon Aubry. “Is it April 1st? », jumped the deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis Eric Coquerel. In Le Havre, where the Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) summer universities are held, the “rebellious” Clémentine Autain quipped: “If there was any doubt, [on sait à présent que] Ségolène Royal is a daring woman. » Manuel Bompard seemed very satisfied: “It is a positive initiative on his part. “If to achieve a union list, the head of the list must not be from our ranks, we are ready for it…”he added, addressing the rest of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes). “Is it likely to convince our partners? It’s up to them to say. »
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“Privileged partners”
Ségolène Royal explained herself to Monde : “I am not the head of the LFI list, the “rebellious” are privileged partners. This announcement, I made it with their approval on the fact that any movement that goes towards union is good to take. » François Hollande’s former environment minister conceded a certain degree of improvisation: “This morning, I said to myself: “am I doing it today?” And then I felt the room…”
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