Laurent Joffrin, ex-director of Liberation , presents on Monday his "new movement" supposed to encompass and go beyond the formations of the historic left, "notably the PS", and endowed with "an ambitious program" for 2022. During a conference Press release at 11 a.m. in Paris, Laurent Joffrin will launch an appeal, of which AFP has obtained a copy, for the "recomposition" of the left, addressing all those who are "concerned about the future of the planet and the national cohesion ”.
"We must create a new movement, which includes and exceeds the formations of the historic left, in particular the PS", writes this close to François Hollande in his appeal, which brings together "some 130 signatories, intellectuals, experts, business leaders, associative or union activists, creators and artists ”.
Swirls in Libé
The political reconversion of Laurent Joffrin, 68, made a stir at Libé , of which he abandoned the management, while wishing to keep the possibility of writing chronicles. The editorial staff of the daily informed him that she wanted to cut ties with him, deeming his political engagement incompatible with any function within the newspaper.
According to Laurent Joffrin, the left needs a "central force that places ecology at the heart of public action". But "the social question, especially in the period which opens, will remain central", he affirms.
"If nothing changes" in view of the presidential election of 2022, he warns, "the next deadline will come down to a competition between the spokesmen of anger and the proponents of an ecology reduced to a party, under the eye of the last socialists overwhelmed by bad conscience ”.
"In a ballot lost in advance, the left will be eliminated in the first round and, in the second, forced to call pitifully to block the National Rally to let five more years of authoritarian liberalism divide the country", adds T it, without excluding a victory for the far right.
"Provide an outlet for the feminist movement"
To avoid this scenario, he called on the left to "reinvent its doctrine and its program". It involves "radically changing the direction of the economy to keep a planet livable", "reorienting the European project around a new energy and ecological deal", "ensuring security with a republican state respectful of rule of law and secularism "," providing an outlet for the feminist movement "or" ending discrimination against minorities ".
“We therefore call on all those who share this vision to join us. Then, we will launch the process which will pass by the meeting of social and ecological bases, whose transparent and participative character will be guaranteed. The members of this movement will then choose their representatives and will develop, from the contributions of all, the transformation project which France lacks and which will have to find its incarnation in 2022 ", concludes Laurent Joffrin.
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