the PS will propose a “debate” on the left during the fall

The Secretary General of the Socialist Party announced to the JDD (article reserved for subscribers)Sunday April 23, that his party would propose a “debate” between the different left-wing parties, to work towards a “gathering” in view of the European elections of 2024. “The European question has always been the most difficult question on the left”recognized Pierre Jouvet, while the components of the Nupes nurture differences on the subject.

Calling to take “things in order”the leader of the PS specified that his party would propose “to the whole of the left a debate at the start of the school year in September, until the beginning of November”. “Let’s put our proposals, our convergences and our divergences on the table. Let’s take the time to build. Let’s work on a project. At the end of this debate, we will see if a rally is possible”he pleaded in the columns of the Sunday newspaper.

Socialists “ready to discuss a Nupes list”

“We are ready to discuss a Nupes list for the Europeans, but it is the substance that will determine the rest”, insisted Pierre Jouvet. The question of a single list for Europeans meets in particular with reluctance at Europe-Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV), where the national secretary Marine Tondelier repeated her opposition to this idea. At the same time, former party boss Julien Bayou opened the door to a common list, “at one condition” : follow “an ecologist, federalist line, to reorient Europe”.

Ecologists and socialists are also calling for a new act by Nupes, created during the 2022 legislative elections and dominated by La France insoumise, which won the largest battalion of deputies. This covenant “must find a new lease of life. It must be our floor, never our ceiling”argued Pierre Jouvet in the JDD, arguing for its expansion.