At the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure garnered weight support for the congress (and they are welcome)

POLITICS – A Congress of the Socialist Party would be nothing without its last -minute rallies, its surprised rabibochages, its corridors’ intrigues. For several days, the minority people seemed to have the wind in the back, since by uniting their forces on April 11, they gave themselves the means to overthrow Olivier Faure during the next congress planned in Nancy from June 13 to 15. But the outgoing first secretary did not say his last word.

This Wednesday, April 16, he received the support of several leading personalities. Among which the president of the Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Council Stéphane Troussel. “” I make this choice because I fear that the tragic of the Marseille congress [de 2023] and his divisions are not repeated ”he explains to Monde.

The Elected Ile-de-France, at the forefront of one of the largest socialist federations in France, castigates the fusion of the texts of Hélène Geoffroy, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, Philippe Brun and Jérôme Guedj. “” It is an alliance of those who make “anything but faure”. It is not a political line, it is not the unity of the socialists ”he denounces. After having hesitated for a long time, in particular torn between a rallying to Boris Vallaud or Olivier Faure, Stéphane Troussel chose to reiterate his support for the deputy of Seine-et-Marne.

A more than welcome support, which had allowed, during the last PS congress, to rally many activists from Seine-Saint-Denis to Olivier Faure. Better: this position opens the way, as pointed out The worldto the rallying of many other elected officials in the department. Thus, the mayors of Pré-Saint-Gervais Laurent Baron and Saint-Denis Mathieu Hanotin should follow suit, just like deputy Fatiha Keloua-Hachi or the boss of the Federation Mathieu Monot.

Towards a rallying by Martine Aubry and Jean-Marc Ayrault?

The mayor of Rennes Nathalie Appéré also announced this April 16 to support the number one of the party. “I provide my support for Olivier Faure’s contribution to anchor the Socialist Party where its place is simply: near people and in the heart of the left”she wrote in a press release. Still according to The worldother personalities, moral figures of the Socialist Party, will also take up position for Olivier Faure in the coming hours. Among them, the former mayor of Lille and ex-minister of work Martine Aubry or the former Prime Minister and ex-mayor of Nantes Jean-Marc Ayrault.

Will this be enough for Olivier Faure to reinstall himself in his headquarters as a first secretary? Two years ago, his renewal was made in pain, against the backdrop of cheating accusations and exacerbation of differences. The main one that existed between the deputy of Seine-et-Marne and his opponents concerned the report to the rebellious France, but she seems to have disappeared since the boss of the PS himself recognizes that we should no longer ally the Mélenchonists during the next electoral deadlines.

The unknown Boris Vallaud

The last stranger in this congress is called Boris Vallaud. Will he decide to put himself behind Olivier Faure, whom he was the last time, or to keep up at all costs? “” If, tomorrow, he joins us, the congress is won. As long as we have not answered it, it puts us in bad position ”, summarizes Monde Luc Broussy, support from Faure. At the PS, the third men are sometimes popular. Do not forget that at the Épinay congress in 1971, François Mitterrand had only arrived third (with 15 % of the votes) before finally establishing himself as first secretary.

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