Are the lefts reconcilable? “We have worked well”, confirmed the deputy of La France insoumise Alexis Corbière on Europe 1, after the announcement of the Socialist Party of an agreement with the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19. next. “The work is not finished,” he tempered at the microphone of Dimitri Pavlenko, but “it’s a serious discussion”: “The Socialist Party responded to the program points which for us were important to initiate a political talk.”
“Each force will have a parliamentary group”
And to specify that it is a question of “creating a political dynamic in which each of the forces is respected and finds itself”: “We make the commitment that each force will have a parliamentary group.” Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s spokesperson detailed the desire to “create a somewhat new architecture with an intergroup in which these groups can discuss”, if the left is in the majority in the National Assembly after the legislative elections.
La France insoumise even wants to go further with “a new political framework”, under the dome of the Popular Union, “i.e. the possibility of having places of debate and political regulation which are not only brutal balances of power “as it may have been the case” in the past”, he still expressed.
Retirement at 60, Smic at 1,400 euros, restoration of the ISF on the program
A plural left? On the contrary, according to the deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis. “The plural left, often, was something hegemonic, with a PS that orbited people and gave them a few crumbs. It was a party that decided alone. There, that is not the case”, a- he assured.
Alexis Corbière also returned to the content of the working document made public Friday morning by the Socialist Party. “They agree with us to move towards retirement at 60. It’s great for people!”, He enthused. “The Socialist Party tells us: ‘Together, we can make a Smic at 1,400 euros’ Bravo!” According to the press release, the former presidential party also undertakes to “work to restore the ISF, to fairer taxation, to move towards a sixth Republic”, listed the LFI deputy.
The PS also announces that it wants to “be vis-à-vis the European Union in the capacity of non-application, sometimes, on certain treaties”, which La France insoumise “calls disobedience”: “All this shows that there is a political will to move forward”, for Alexis Corbière.
Europe, the ultimate sticking point?
Points of divergence remain, further specified the spokesperson for Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “I’m not saying that it’s all over. It’s a serious discussion, we have to check points. But I find it noble that we start first with the political debate between us.”
One of the points of disagreement could also be on the European question. In its press release, the PS ensures that it will refuse “to endanger European construction or to allow a fracture to settle between France and the EU”, a sentence which seems to contradict the desire for disobedience advocated by the rebellious France. “It’s a tension, it’s called doing politics. I am glad that all of this can take place, thanks to the results of the ballot box and our political will”, he eluded.