“Don’t come and tell me that this is a signal sent to the left,” reacts PS spokesperson Jérôme Guedj

The spokesperson for the Socialist Party criticized on Tuesday the choice of former socialist Gabriel Attal in Matignon. “For seven years, no one can think that there is an ounce of left-wing heritage in Emmanuel Macron’s action,” Jérôme Guedj declared on franceinfo.

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“Don’t come and tell me that this is a signal sent to the left”, reacted this Tuesday on franceinfo Jérôme Guedj, deputy and spokesperson for the Socialist Party, after the appointment of Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister. The former Minister of Education is himself an ex-socialist. “Gabriel Attal made a choice in his life to join Emmanuel Macron in 2017. But for seven years, no one can think that there is an ounce of heritage from the left, and in particular from the Socialist Party, in the action led by Emmanuel Macron”he said, Tuesday January 9.

“All the arguments that will try to deploy and say that this is a signal sent to the left, it is null and void”, he added. The socialist deputy denounced “the communication stunt” by Emmanuel Macron. According to him, what takes precedence “it’s marketing, it’s about doing a good job”, he regrets. “In his general policy speech, there will have to be a vote of confidence submitted. It’s the republican tradition.”he added.


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