Torn and now isolated on the left. This is the uncomfortable position of the disappointed Socialist Party (PS) deputies following François Bayrou's general policy speech on Tuesday January 14. What line to take after the Prime Minister's half-hearted advances? Neither suspension nor freezing of the pension reform, but a social conference, the outcome of which is not guaranteed… No increase in taxation on very high incomes or a rollback on the elimination of teaching positions …
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After several days of intense negotiations, despite glimpsed promises, the Prime Minister ultimately did not want to offer much to the left. In addition to La France insoumise (LFI), which has already announced that it would vote on the motion of censure, Thursday January 16, The Ecologists and the French Communist Party already know that they will, without hesitation, add their voices to those of their partners in the radical left. “What François Bayrou announced is insignificant. While we played the game of negotiation, while we did not practice the empty chair policy…”cingle Pouria Amirshahi, député (Les Ecologistes) de Paris.
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