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The former MP is accused of treason by left-wing activists after the broadcast of recordings, captured between the two rounds, in which he discusses a coalition with Macron’s party and the right (and without LFI).
Recorded on board a train, the Secretary General of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, is accused by left-wing activists (notably LFI) of having “betrayed” the New Popular Front. Why? Because he is said to have negotiated, between the two rounds, a coalition with Gérald Darmanin and Olivier Véran, “without France Insoumise”.
The accusations stem from several audio recordings posted on the social network X (formerly Twitter) on July 4 by the account Aminatorux. He also published a photograph of a man seen from behind, in a shirt, with graying hair and on board a train.
In other messages, Aminatorux indicates that it is Fabien Roussel and that “The recording was taken on the Paris-Lille train at 2:46 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, right in the middle of the two rounds of the legislative elections.”. Versions compiling all the audio and photography have been published on social networks.
“Without the rebels”
In these recordings, we hear a man’s voice discussing (with an interlocutor we cannot hear) possible coalition scenarios, depending on the “balance of power” at the end of the second round: “Does the Popular Front have more deputies than the majority and LR?”, “Without the rebels, are we enough weight to make a majority with the others?” And “if that, it forms