This is the news of the night: the PS parliament has adopted the historic agreement with LFI
More than five hours of debate and a historic vote. The National Council of the Socialist Party (PS) adopted by 62% Thursday evening the programmatic and electoral agreement with La France insoumise (LFI) for the June legislative elections. The text was adopted by 167 votes for, 101 against and 24 abstentions.
“It is a moment of clarification, this vote says to which political space we belong”, ” to the left “ and not with Emmanuel Macron, concluded the first secretary of the party, Olivier Faure, from the headquarters of Ivry-sur-Seine. Several dozen of the 303 members of the National Council were present – the others participated by videoconference. “This is the first time that the left has met for a very long timealso launched Mr. Faure. We are not irreconcilable, we are even in the process of demonstrating that we are reconcilable. » Before evoking the memory of the first socialist president of the Ve Republic : “Mitterrand, that was radicalism, and yet we did it. By dint of saying that we are a party of government, we can forget our own roots, which are partly in radicalism. »
PS spokesperson Pierre Jouvet reported on how his dealings with LFI went, and justified the compromises made: “It is not necessarily obvious for the latest entrants [le PS] not to accept the proposed framework” on constituencies, program and strategy.
The mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin, Hélène Geoffroy, leader of the minority current, protested: “The deal you negotiated asks us to apologize, to repent, to deny part of our history. » Val-d’Oise senator Rachid Temal, also opposed to the agreement, thundered about some dissident candidates who are sure to declare themselves after the vote: “Jean-Luc Mélenchon will have to accept the insubordination. Be candidates if you wish, that’s insubordination. »