Will the left leave united for these legislative elections in June? An agreement was in any case reached on the night of this Sunday to this Monday between Europe-Ecology-The Greens and La France insoumise, at the end of a day of demonstrations in France for May 1.
The text guarantees 100 constituencies for EELV, of which around thirty were winnable. This historic alliance takes the name of “New popular, ecological and social union”.
LFI and EELV have agreed to reach a common position on the European Union. The Greens now say they are ready to disobey certain rules economic and budgetary.
Retirement at 60, increase in the minimum wage to 1,400 euros
The agreement between the rebels and environmentalists provides for an increase in the minimum wage to bring it to 1,400 euros per month, but also the return of the retirement at age 60.
It is also recorded that if this union wins the majority in the legislative elections, Jean-Luc Mélenchon becomes Prime Minister.
More tense discussions with the PS
On the side of the PS and the PCF, the negotiations have not yet succeeded, they must resume this Monday morning with the Socialists.
Internally, Olivier Faure the boss of the socialists faces a frames slingshot who fear that their party will be “Mélenchonisé”. His predecessor Jean-Christophe Cambadélis denounces in an open letter LFI’s desire to “get out of the European treaties” and to want to launch “_impractical vertiginous expenses_s”.