On the verge of collapse, the NFP gives itself one last chance until the budget

Never has the ship of the New Popular Front rocked so hard. By assuming the decision not to censor François Bayrou's government on Thursday, the socialists distinguished themselves, for the first time in the legislature, from their left-wing allies. According to the party of the rose, «concessions» programmatic results obtained during their long negotiations with the Prime Minister justified not sanctioning him immediately. “On the ground, people say they no longer want Macron but they thank us for trying to save the furniture,” reports MP Philippe Brun, who was one of the PS negotiators. At the risk, however, of isolating itself on the left, and above all of putting a dangerous blow to the NFP. “It’s a pain in the ass”admitted a close friend of Olivier Faure before the examination of the motion of censure.

Despite these serious strategic differences and the strong criticism against the PS, in particular from the Insoumis, no one on the left has taken the risk of formalizing…