After the protests, it’s time for mobilization: the left intends to make its disagreement heard this Saturday with the appointment of Michel Barnier as Prime Minister. Several processions will set off across the country early in the afternoon at the call of youth organizations, but while the Insoumis, the Communists and the Ecologists will be present, this will not be the case for the Socialists.
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” No question of being manipulated once again by the Insoumis “, complains a member of the Socialist Party. For two years now and the beginnings of the left-wing alliances, a certain mistrust has reigned between the partners when it comes to taking to the streets.
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But the socialist leadership has another reason for not wanting to show itself too much with La France Insoumise: the violent campaign led by its internal opposition which accuses it of having sabotaged the possibility of seeing Bernard Cazeneuve appointed Prime Minister.
The Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo thus called on Friday for the emergency organization of a Congress to overthrow Olivier Faure and his team. The first secretary prefers to temporize so as not to offend anyone and explains that the PS will be fully mobilized on October 1 during the day of mobilization called by the unions.
An opportunity for the left
By then, there will have been the Fête de l’Humanité which should bring together almost everyone, without forcing Insoumis, Communists, Socialists and Ecologists to appear side by side.
But the New Popular Front is not threatened by this: the union of the left knows that the nomination of a right-wing Prime Minister, with the assent of the National Rally, places it as the only real opposition in the country.
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A situation that must be capitalized on, as all members of the New Popular Front recognize.