It’s a little scene that amused a lot in the socialist ranks. Tuesday evening was held at the National Assembly the end-of-session cocktail of the PS deputies which, tradition obliges, is organized each year around a “pot of the territories”. The opportunity for each elected official to introduce his colleagues to dishes from his region or local habits and customs. Thus the deputy of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Iñaki Echaniz, who had brought back some Basque cakes to taste, he challenged the boss of the party, Olivier Faure, to try his hand at a custom widespread in the festivals of Bayonne and other ferias: the paquito!
Thus, residents were surprised to see from their windows, at the very end of the evening, the first secretary of the PS, in black suit pants and shirt sleeves, rush without hesitation, to land after a splendid throw horizontally on the arms of a small troop of elected socialists sitting one behind the other on the ground, who then transported him into the air. Among them, the Basque Iñaki Echaniz or the president of the PS deputies, Boris Vallaud, elected from the Landes. “You saw how well I supported my first secretary!” jokingly launched the deputy of Essonne, Jérôme Guedj, who was among the carriers, to Faure.
A form of “preparation for the Olympic Games” of 2024, confirms with a smile Olivier Faure, who nevertheless takes care to specify: “I don’t do this every day. “It’s a Southwestern tradition, a custom.” Henri Emmanuelli, in his time, had also been there. That’s pretty clever of Faure! It shows that he knows how to take the plunge and trust his teammates. Quite a symbol in the Southwest! praises a local elected official.
The proof, at a time when the Nupes alliance is swaying after the latest excesses of Jean-Luc Mélenchon against the president of Crif, that the leader of the PS is for his part supported by his troops, at least physically!
