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The PS is playing its survival in the legislative elections. The Socialists therefore began discussions with LFI on Wednesday to find an agreement for the polls on June 12 and 19. In this context, Olivier Faure wishes to recall that he is in favor of a rally but certainly not of the disappearance or humiliation of the PS. “A coalition is not a submission”, explains the First Secretary of the Socialist Party in the Figaro. An agreement is however possible because, according to him, “the lefts are not irreconcilable”. But he has no illusions about the place that LFI will take: “You just have to open your eyes. Lucidity is not a defect. Jean-Luc Mélenchon is now in a position to bring the left together. He has the responsibility and even the duty. »
It is a symbolic visit which could however complicate the mediation of the UN Secretary General between Ukraine and Russia. Antonio Guterres will go this Thursday to the suburbs of kyiv, to Boutcha, Irpin and Borodianka, theaters of abuses attributed to the Russian army by the Ukrainians. kyiv indeed accuses the Russian forces of having committed massacres after the discovery of dozens of corpses wearing civilian clothes in these localities occupied and then abandoned by the Russian army. Tuesday, during his meeting with Antonio Guterres in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin for his part reiterated that the Russian army had “no connection” with the “provocation” of Boutcha.
The UN is particularly concerned about the violence in Sudan. At least 213 people have been killed since Friday in Darfur, according to the authorities of this region. In Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, expressed her dismay on Wednesday, while the Security Council met urgently behind closed doors, at the request of the Kingdom. United Kingdom, Albania, France, Ireland, Norway and the United States. “I call on the Sudanese authorities to carry out prompt, full, impartial and independent investigations into these attacks and to hold all those responsible to account,” Michelle Bachelet also asked.