Kick-off from the universities of the left: the four Nupes formations are each making their comeback on their side. The Communist Party in Strasbourg, the Socialist Party in Blois and La France Insoumise in Valence, but those who open the ball are the Greens in Grenoble. Even if there will be moments in common, since the agreement found on the left, each party wants to refocus on its internal kitchen and refine its strategy within Nupes. This union is built above all on a balance of power.
Environmentalists seek to reinvent themselves
Europe Ecologie-Les Verts is preparing a sober and studious weekend, in full introspection to concentrate on rewriting their history. Hundreds of party executives want to lay the first stone of a great united party, to be strong enough against the rebels, who are gaining ground on the ecological issue. “We have to rebalance the balance of power so as not to be lagging behind all the time”, explains a member of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts. The idea is therefore to merge all the formations of the ecological pole, to definitively remove this image of “divided Gauls”which has long stuck to the skin of the party.
A refoundation that some want to accelerate, just over three months from the congress: for example, to launch an internal referendum as soon as possible to record the start of the project. On paper, the Greens want to simplify the procedures and the statutes, for more performance and readability, but some behind the scenes especially want to unite against the appetite of the Insoumis.
La France Insoumise ready for the duel
La France Insoumise intends to maintain the duel against Emmanuel Macron with these summer universities. On the one hand, in substance, with workshops dedicated to arm wrestling at the National Assembly; on the other hand, on the form with debates against the ministers Clément Beaune, Marlène Schiappa and Olivia Grégoire. Third objective for the Insoumis during this summer university weekend: to leave more room for the new generation of the party, in the perspective of one after Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Among the increasingly publicized new generation, members are trying to spot the next figurehead of the movement.
Celebrations at the Socialist Party and reunion at the Communist Party
In the Socialist Party, the younger generation is preparing to arrive triumphantly in Blois, convinced of having saved the party by signing the agreement on the left. Nevertheless, some of their elders who opposed this agreement will also be present during this summer school. “We were the banished children, now that we have regained strength and vigor, we want to start a new page”, assures a spokesperson for the PS. But it remains to assume the internal divisions around the Nupes.
Among the Communists, these summer universities are a pre-return, an opportunity for reunions for the party’s histories. An inter-self, commented by a party executive: “Les Insoumis is an open bar, we sleep together, we eat together”. The atmosphere is somewhat different from their real comeback, the Fête de l’Huma, in two weeks: Jean-Luc Mélenchon will be present on September 10, after having shunned the event for several years.