REJECTION – On Tuesday evening, the Socialist Party rejected the Cazeneuve option for Matignon and continues to demand the appointment of Lucie Castets as Prime Minister.
On Tuesday evening, the Socialist Party ruled out unconditional support for a government led by former Socialist Bernard Cazeneuve, weakening this option considered by Emmanuel Macron, who is still looking for a tenant for Matignon.
Within the PS, still divided by significant strategic and political differences, the Cazeneuve option is divisive, with one party arguing for a green light for the man who left the party to denounce its alliance with La France Insoumise. The leadership, for its part, wanted to continue to defend the candidate of the New Popular Front, Lucie Castets, rejected by Emmanuel Macron, and not position itself on a name but on a project.
The PS continues to demand Lucie Castets as Prime Minister
Internal opponents of First Secretary Olivier Faure had demanded a vote in the afternoon so that the PS “clearly announces that it will not censure a cohabitation government led by Bernard Cazeneuve”, if its program was based on that of the New Popular Front.
The leadership did not want a vote on this subject, preferring to submit to the vote a resolution presenting the 10 points on which the PS will not compromise and will ask the future Prime Minister to commit, such as the repeal of the reform of(…) - 20minutes
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