The position, considered too ambiguous, of La France insoumise on the war between Hamas and Israel, will have “serious consequences” on the future of Nupes, threatened the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure.
Towards a split between the different camps within the Nupes? In an interview given to our colleagues at Libération, the first secretary of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure judged that the position of rebellious France on the conflict between Hamas and Israel will have “serious consequences”.
“It is unacceptable that the leadership of La France insoumise cannot declare that Hamas is a terrorist organization. They turn it into a regular army that would commit war crimes. No!” said the boss of the socialists, who was himself one of the great architects of the creation of the left alliance last year.
“The problem is the Mélenchon method: never seek the center of gravity of the gathering of the left, always radicalize positions without consulting or respecting its partners,” he added.
A deep discord with rebellious France
PS deputies had already suspended, this Tuesday, October 10, their participation in a Nupes counter-budget, on the sidelines of the 2024 budget. “For the moment, we do not want to work” with LFI, explained a socialist source at AFP.
“We cannot work with people incapable of condemning terrorism. Politics is values, principles. We demand that the Socialist Party immediately suspend any collective political action with LFI,” indicated Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, first delegate secretary of the PS, who has long been hostile to the Nupes.
For his part, the leader of the socialist deputies Boris Vallaud explained that the alliance had to “function differently” to no longer expose itself to controversies like that which arose after LFI’s comments on the Middle East.