The European campaign has just ended, and the eyes are already on the upcoming municipal elections. Nine months before the vote, Olivier Faure has already positioned against alliances with the Republic on the march, despite the low score on the list of Raphael Glucksmann, Sunday (6.19%).
"I do not see what we would look for in an alliance with LREM"
"I do not see what we would seek in an alliance with the Republic on the move," warned Olivier Faure on Public Senate Tuesday morning, after a difficult European for his party. For the municipal elections, "it will happen on the basis of municipal projects and each time, we will have at heart to bring together all forces" of the "European left, social and environmentalist," he explained . According to the deputy of Seine-et-Marne, on "the national level as on the municipal level", these forces "are in fact majority", even if deeply divided today.
Faure wants to "reach out to those who want to rebuild"
"The Republic on the march, in fact, it is she who is in trouble in the municipal election, because you saw it on Sunday night, the National Rally as the Republic on the move make excellent first-round scores in because of the division of the others, but they have no reserve of voice.Today, they are in fact very isolated, analyzed the boss of the socialists.
During the extraordinary national council of the PS scheduled for Tuesday evening, Olivier Faure will ask "the Socialists to be in the overtaking, to try to reach out to all those who, on the left, are ready to rebuild a left European, social and environmentalist ". He confirmed that he is already "in touch" with his counterparts David Cormand (EELV) and Fabien Roussel (PCF).