Invited on France Inter, the former socialist president pointed out the internal divisions of Nupes.
The breach was there, all you had to do was step into it. In recent days, the Nupes has seen two opposing visions: the labor left, claimed by Fabien Roussel, and what the latter described as “left of allowances– statement widely decried by his camp. Invited on BFMTV / RMC, Tuesday, September 13, François Hollande spoke about these internal divisions.
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“The purpose of a society, and from this point of view, I hear what Fabien Roussel is saying, is not to give everyone an allowancesaid the former socialist president. The Republic wants to ensure that all those who can have access to employment. It was my policy: to lower unemployment and ensure that young people could access the labor market.»
This is how, continued François Hollande, that he “always refused the idea of universal income“. “Nobody, and I imagine that Fabien Roussel either, wants to question solidarity allowances.The socialist took the opportunity to point out the disagreements between the communist leader and certain members of the left alliance who opposed him. “They had presented themselves together to govern. They are there, in a Festival of humanity. It wasn’t very human between themmocks François Hollande. At this level of the quarrel, it would be better to live apart.»