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Olivier Faure, first secretary of the Socialist Party, was the guest of “4 Truths” on France 2, Friday June 23.
Friday June 23, Olivier Faure, first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), was the guest of “4 Truths” on France 2. In particular, he warned about Emmanuel Macron’s way of governing: “We are today in an illiberal drift.“ According to Olivier Faure, during the pension reform sequence, the President of the Republic “despised the trade union world, the French and Parliament”. “We need to find the roots of who we are”estimated Olivier Faure, for whom “Republican identity is to separate from personal power in order to allow, on the contrary, popular sovereignty”.
The question of the Europeans in 2024
While the communists and environmentalists have announced that they will present their own lists in the European elections in 2024, despite the wish of the Insoumis to present a common list of the Nupes for these elections, Olivier Faure indicated that the PS will decide on the subject in October. “If communists and ecologists refuse, this list will not exist. It is obvious”he added.
The first secretary of the PS also returned to the dissolution of the association Les Uprisings of the Earth. “We do not ban a movement whose main function today is to alert public opinion and governments to the fact that there are large companies that do not respect the commitments they have made. “ in environmental protection, he said.