Psychodrama in the Socialist Party. The camps of Olivier Faure and his rival Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, finalists in the election for the post of First Secretary of the PS, continue to tear each other apart over the result of the ballot. More than ever, the PS is cut in two. ” The new war of the roses has begun “, spear Release. Bearing in mind that the PS is commonly called “The Rose Party” and that the “War of the Roses” is the one that, in England in the 15th century, opposed for thirty years the “houses » Royals of Lancaster and York, Releasevia this formula of The War of the Rosessummarizes the one opposing the two lefts that the former socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls considered ” irreconcilable “.
How does the issue of this standoff, which marked the last Socialist Congress, go beyond the sole perimeter of the Socialist Party? As pointed out Releaseit boils down to ” a referendum for or against this alliance of the left that is the Nupes – which brings together the Socialist Party, La France insoumise, Europe Écologie, the Greens and the Communist Party – an alliance promoted by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, to which the outgoing Socialist First Secretary Olivier Faure has joined, and whose the former leaders of the PS do not want to hear about it. In Freed, this morning, Antoine Bristielle explains that this arm wrestling concerns the strategy of the PS. “ There is a marked opposition between the proponents of the union of the left, led by Olivier Faure, and the independence line, embodied by Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol and Hélène Geoffroy “, said Release this political scientist from the Jean Jaurès Foundation.
So ? So a ” congress organization committee was accepted by the teams of Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol and will meet this Saturday at midday. But ” whatever the outcome of this grotesque soap opera, the unity of the PS will be permanently affected », anticipates The Parisian, newspaper in which a relative of Olivier Faure admits it. ” It’s the worst that could happen to us he says.
What to feed the irony of Figaro. Which daily turns the PS into a “bonzai party”, named after these miniature trees of Chinese origin. The re-election discussed of Olivier Faure at the head of the PS? ” It’s a joke “Launches this newspaper close to the right, in France.
Pensions, a French mistrust
After the union success of the demonstrations against the pension reform, the day before yesterday, throughout France, the French have a doubt about its future. According to an Odoxa survey for Le Figaro, 7 out of 10 French people believe that the mobilization day the day before yesterday was a success, two out of three French people support the mobilization against the pension reform; three out of four believe that the strike and demonstration movement will continue; and six out of ten French people think that the government will have to modify or abandon its reform “.
While a march organized on the initiative of various youth organizations and the La France Insoumise party is to take place today, and in view of the new day of mobilization, scheduled for Tuesday, January 31, ” an overwhelming majority (89%) of those who support the protest say they would still support it if the country were to experience significant lockdowns in the coming weeks ”, again points out Le Figaro.
Tanks remain in stock
At the meeting of 50 allied countries at the US military base in Ramstein, Germany, yesterday, Germany rightly refused to give the green light to the supply of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
In Ramstein, the Westerners, and above all the Germans, “ have dithered “, point Le Figaro. As this newspaper points out, Germany does not want to be on the front line “.
Consequently, this daily wonders. ” Is the western front cracking? » Question all the more sensitive as « the United States ruled out the delivery of Abrams heavy tanks » and that in Ramstein, « Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chief of Staff General Milley exercised extreme caution “. As summarized Le Figaroif in Ramstein the Westerners discussed what aid they could still provide, “ they also wondered about the outcome of the conflict and the price they themselves were ready to pay “.