PS Congress: Socialists could find a compromise tomorrow
A first afternoon of debates and no progress. Gathered for three days in congress at the Palais du Pharo in Marseilles, the Socialists do not seem in a hurry to find a way out of their crisis. Born out of very poor scores and resentment linked to the presidential and legislative elections, it reached its climax in a stormy election, marred by suspicions of fraud and bird names.
And ended, on January 19, with a narrow victory for Olivier Faure against the mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol. Since then, the two camps who clash over membership of the Nupes or the independence of a party claiming only 44,000 members who fail to agree and engage in a shadow theater.
More than 44,000 members who cannot agree
The congress will perhaps be the occasion to organize the cease-fire. For now, everyone remains entrenched in their positions. After having asked for a collegiate management comprising a first secretary and three delegatesNicolas Mayer-Rossignol evoked at the beginning of the afternoon “a coup de force if we do not reach an agreement. And that would be terrible, that would be the last nail in the coffin“.
“The door is open”, says Faure
Arrived just after at the Pharo, Olivier Faure drapes himself in “the result of the election. For all those who are ready to agree with the orientation which is mine, the door is open. For all those who would not, they will be in a minority that will be respected“. As a wise observer, since the third candidate in the election eliminated in the first round and close to the mayor of Rouen, Hélène Geoffroy is waiting for her, “a clarification more than a compromise. The situation reminds me of sadness and seriousness, because we never talk about the bottom in this party. I’m worried that nothing will come out of this congress“.
“Half of our electorate does not accept LFI’s diktat”
Between two round tables on youth and Europe made to fill the time while it was discussed behind the scenes, the first orientation debates showed the gulf which separates, on ideas as on strategy, the two camps. “Half of our electorate does not accept LFI’s diktat“, thunders the Marseillais Patrick Mennucci under the whistles. The temperature has risen a little. It will rise again tomorrow, since the approximately 180 delegates, a small majority of whom are in favor of Olivier Faure, will vote to ratify the vote of the 19th. to an appeasement, or to what could lead to a split, as Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol and his supporters let it hover.