The PS Congress will take place “in June” to elect the next first secretary of the Socialist Party, announced Olivier Faure on Sunday, December 16.
The first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, announced Sunday February 16 on France 3 Organize in June a congress of the PS. He added to present himself as a candidate for his own succession, after already seven years at the head of this party.
“I hope that in the first half, we can finish with this congress and that we can decide the line” political formation. By presenting his candidacy, he explains wanting to “go to the end of what we have undertaken and allow us to find the left, find the electricity and voters who made us lack”.
François Hollande, candidate at the head of the PS?
When he started his mandate seven years ago, Olivier Faure had been very critical of the previous political line, led by François Hollande, of which he had made “inventory”. And for several months, the two politicians have been playing elbows to win or keep their influence on the PS. The former President of the Republic is becoming more and more sound and does not hide his animosity towards the political strategy of the current secretary of the party, recalls Southwest. He even called for him to be replaced from the next congress. Does François Hollande want to regain his place at the head of the party, which he managed for ten years?
Asked about this, Olivier Faure quips: François Hollande wants “renewal by returning himself, by proposing to be the new head of the Socialist Party”. “I believe that this is not quite what we have undertaken for seven years and I do not believe that it is also the will of the socialists,” he added.