Four days before the first round of the legislative elections, a small hitch in Nupes. Justice has given reason to members of the Socialist Party who believe that the entry of the Socialist Party (PS) into the union of the left was done in defiance of the rules of the party.
The leadership of the Socialist Party should have consulted its militants before signing the entry agreement into the Nupes. The argument had already been advanced by opponents of the rapprochement with La France Insoumise at the time of the validation of the text by the National Council of the PS. It is now justice which confirms this after having studied the rules of internal functioning of the Socialist Party.
An obscure paragraph that would threaten the very future of the union of the left? ” Absolutely not “retort the socialist leaders. The court’s decision does not call into question the agreement itself or the nominations of socialist candidates under Nupes labelaccording to them.
Organize a consultation of 20,000 members
And the management to denounce a desire to “ harm the political dynamic” and to “play into the hands of the presidential majority “. She therefore decided to appeal, but this does not suspend the judicial decision, according to Aurelien Devernoixpolitical service.
The PS now has a month to organize the consultation of its 20,000 members, otherwise the party will have to pay a penalty of 500 euros per day. And if the results in the legislative elections are not as good as expected, this election in the middle of summer could prove to be perilous for the first secretary Olivier Faure and his team.
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