The leader of insubordinate France (LFI) Jean-Luc Mélenchon declared on Saturday that he approved the initiative of Ségolène Royal, who said she was ready to lead a list of union of left-wing parties to the Europeans, and estimated that it it was “tremendous help”.
“Ségolène Royal shows audacity, courage and she knows very well that she will not only have compliments, but I want to approve her initiative, her contribution to the battle for the union”, said Jean- Luc Mélenchon, in an interview with TF1, on the sidelines of the summer universities of his movement which are held in the Drôme.
Failing for months to convince the partners of the New Popular, Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) to draw up a common list for European women, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has put forward a “series of fundamental points” which would form a “common trunk to overcome disagreements.
In the light of the declaration of Ségolène Royal, the leader of the rebellious movement invited “all those” who think that the union “is the choice of reason” to reveal themselves, in order to put pressure on the leaders ecologists, communists and socialists. ¨
For the moment, Ségolène Royal’s service offers are freshly received at the PS and at EELV.
In Blois, where the Socialists hold their summer university, their first secretary Olivier Faure reaffirmed, without quoting Ségolène Royal, that he “would never be an obstacle to the path towards union”. But he said he took note of “the decision of the communists and ecologists to leave under their own colors” which makes an autonomous list of socialists more likely.
26/08/2023 14:45:15 – Paris (AFP) – © 2023 AFP