Raphaël Glucksmann gathers his troops and his allies on Saturday and Sunday in La Réole (Gironde), hoping to offer a “social democratic” alternative to Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the left.
Questioned on 1 p.m. on TF1, the head of the PS-Place publique list in the European elections would vote for the motion of censure against Michel Barnier, tabled by the NFP.
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“WE ARE NOT IN 2027”
Will Raphaël Gluscksmann be a presidential candidate in three years? Guest on TF1, the former head of the PS/Place Publique list hits the spot. “We are not in 2027. I want us to have a powerful political offer by June 2025. We need a project ready in 2025 in the event of dissolution. We have the right to be taken by surprise when the president took the outrageous decision to dissolve the Assembly on June 9, but we have no right to be dissolved several times.
“WE NEED HOPE”
Why is it so difficult for the left to free itself from rebellious France? According to Raphaël Gluscksmann, “we have not worked enough. We must develop a project reflecting our vision of France. When we know who we are, what we want, we will have the strength to refuse diktats. We must emancipate from this maximalist logic, this “all or nothing” which has only produced nothing.”
“We must return to a culture of dialogue, of the ability to build compromise. This nation is a pressure cooker. We need hope.”
“I want us to have French hope again, an ability to love this country and make its interests coincide with social justice.”
“WE NEED TO SANCTION THIS GOVERNMENT”
Invited to 1 p.m. on TF1, Raphaël Glucksmann discusses the motion of censure against Michel Barnier, tabled by the NFP. Would he vote for the text? “Yes, because on July 7 there was a winner and it was not the left, the right or the center but the Republican front. These French people who made a superhuman effort to block the extreme right. And today, we have a government dominated by the LR force, which refused this front, and which is in the hands of the RN. It is a disastrous political situation, which shows that the vote has no impact. Republican. I think we need to sanction this government.”
A UNITED LEFT FACING JEAN-LUC MELENCHON?
After participating in the “Meetings of the Left” organized in Bram (Aude) by the socialist president of Occitanie Carole Delga, the former head of the PS-Place publique list in the European elections Raphaël Glucksmann brings together his troops and his allies on Saturday and Sunday in La Réole, hoping to unite his party in view of the next electoral events and offer a “social democratic” alternative to Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the left. Details from Mathilde Guénégan, special correspondent in Gironde.
A united left against Jean-Luc Mélenchon?Source : TF1 Info
MOTION OF CENSORSHIP
The New Popular Front (NFP) tabled this Friday, October 4, the first motion of censure against Michel Barnier. It will be defended Tuesday afternoon by the First Secretary of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure.
BARNIER “OPEN” TO RE-ASSESS PENSIONS
Michel Barnier said on Friday that he was “open” to other solutions from the deputies than the postponement of the revaluation of pensions, which the deputies of the National Rally planned to oppose.
The government plans to postpone the indexation of pensions to inflation by 6 months, from January 1 to July 1, 2025, which would save 4 billion euros out of the 60 billion savings envisaged in the budget.
“I understand that this measure, which we put in the budget, a reassessment which will take place in 2025 anyway, (…) provokes and creates concerns, particularly for so many people who have small pensions,” he said. admitted the Prime Minister on the sidelines of the Livestock Summit in Cournon-d’Auvergne (Puy-de-Dôme).
“It is a general effort which is requested, but I said (…) that if, in the parliamentary discussion which is open, which is free – the parliamentarians are also responsible for this budgetary discussion -, there is new ideas or other ideas to find other ways, I’m open,” he added.
AND DIRECTLY
Hello and welcome to this live broadcast devoted to political news this Saturday, October 5.
Friday, Michel Barnier dramatized the issues of “financial crisis” which is watching France to make political forces face their responsibilities in the run-up to the budgetary debates, while the left has tabled a first motion of censure. A “braking” East “indispensable”. “Otherwise we are heading straight towards a financial crisis (…) It is before us, we must prevent it”warned the Prime Minister on Friday on the sidelines of the Livestock Summit in Cournon-sur-Auvergne, in Puy-de-Dôme.
He had already denounced, in his general policy declaration on Tuesday, a debt “colossal” found when arriving in Matignon as well as a public deficit exceeding 6% of GDP this year.
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“A petty measure”: the RN denounces the postponement of the revaluation of pensions, Barnier responds
For Michel Barnier, it is a question of justifying his measures of “redress” already contested public finances, which will represent 60 billion in savings in the next budget, including 40 billion in spending reductions and 20 billion in additional taxes. “We found a lot of commitments, a lot of promises” more “less money”underlined the Prime Minister, once again targeting the record of his Macronist predecessors who are also his allies within a fragile government coalition.
For this reason, “the budget will be very constrained because we are in an extremely serious financial situation” which calls into question “the credibility of France and its ability to borrow at reasonable rates”he further argued.
Michel Barnier uses this term “financial crisis” at the dawn of a crucial week. Thursday October 10, the government will present its budget. Two days before, the Prime Minister will face a first motion of censure. The text of this was tabled on Friday by the left.
A warning shot because the government has very little chance of falling, the National Rally having made it known that it would not vote for it. It was signed by 192 deputies of the New Popular Front and will be defended before the National Assembly by the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure.
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