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2024 Legislative Elections: “Martine Aubry was consulted” for the post of Prime Minister, assures Olivier Faure
Olivier Faure, First Secretary of the Socialist Party, was the guest of “Les 4 Vérités” on France 2, Monday July 15.
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“We will be up to the task” and “nothing has been blocked”, assured the first secretary of the PS on France 2, while his party refused on Saturday the option of the president of La Réunion, Huguette Bello.
The leader of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, proposed, Monday July 15, on France 2, in “The 4 truths”, from“to broaden” the search for a Prime Minister of the New Popular Front in “a personality of civil society”.
“We will be up to it” And “nothing was blocked”, assured the first secretary of the PS, while his party refused on Saturday the option of the president of the region of La Réunion, provoking the anger of the rebels, to whom Huguette Bello is close.
He also confirmed that the name of the mayor of Nantes, Johanna Rolland, had been proposed, and that that of the former socialist minister Martine Aubry had also been mentioned. But the mayor of Lille “was consulted” And “does not wish to resume service at this level, we can understand that”he said.
After the failure of Huguette Bello’s candidacy, Olivier Faure justified himself: “There were a lot of things that spoke in her favor. And then there were other things that spoke less in her favor.”he explained. “Socialists considered, and this is quite normal, that the party that won the European elections on the left was the Socialist Party. The party that is most dynamic in these legislative elections, which increased its group by 110%, is the Socialist group.”he added, “so it was not illogical that this claim [d’un Premier ministre issu du PS] be carried”.
He stressed that the PS had also proposed other candidates, who were “the object of a refusal of the rebels”. “I understand that they do not want a socialist and I also understand that others do not want a rebel”he continued, hoping that “No one feels like they’re betraying themselves and we have the opportunity to find someone from the outside.”
The New Popular Front, he recalled, “It is not exclusively a group of parties, it is also people who have accompanied us, economists, intellectuals, trade unionists”evoking “a huge pool of talent, with very strong personalities who can help us move towards the possibility of governing.” Olivier Faure said he hoped for a name “this week”, ensuring that “the state of mind is good”.