Charles Luylier (correspondent in Toulouse)/Photo credits: ANTOINE BERLIOZ / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP
While the new left alliance is strengthening for the legislative elections, some Socialist Party voters are not receiving it in the best way. They question the sometimes divisive positions of France Insoumise and hesitate to include a Popular Front bulletin on June 30.
A sigh of relief on the left: after four days of intense negotiations between its main parties, the “New Popular Front” announced that it had sealed a “government program” to support “single candidacies” for the early legislative elections of June 30 and 7 July. Several major compromises were found, notably on Hamas which is described by the Popular Front as a “movement which commits terrorist acts” and not as a terrorist group. The rebellious Adrien Quatennens is reinvested in his constituency despite his conviction for domestic violence.
As for the election of the Prime Minister, several names are circulating including that of the rebel Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The leader of France Insoumise is far from unanimous among the voters of the Socialist Party. Europe 1 went to meet them in Toulouse.
“If I have to do it, it will cost me”
The pink city voted for Raphaël Glucksmann in the European elections. The PS alliance is complicated to swallow for Jean-Marc, a socialist from the start, he expects the rebellious leader to repent: “I find him more and more extremist. There is ambiguity with Hamas. Hamas is a terrorist organization. We’ll see how it positions itself, a priori, I don’t really agree. well voted so long. Not for but still against. If I have to do it, it will cost me.
Same indecision for Marie-Dominique. She nevertheless voted for Glucksmann on Sunday. But the prospect of seeing Jean-Luc Mélenchon at Matignon is unbearable for him: “To be Prime Minister, you have to be a unifier. He is not the union of the left. He thinks he is the leader of everyone on the left. . And if we don’t unite to counter the right, it’s annoying.
Faced with this general reluctance, Carole Delga, the president of the socialist region in Occitanie, asked that Jean-Luc Mélenchon not become Prime Minister in the event of victory for this new Popular Front.