An agreement is on track between La France insoumise and the PCF for the legislative elections, but LFI on Tuesday recognized "blocking points" with the PS, which said in the morning that it was "a few steps away from a historic agreement" for join ecologists and communists in the alliance.

The coordinator of the national executive of the PCF Igor Zamichiei announced, an hour before going to the headquarters of the Insoumis, that the agreement with LFI was about to be "finalized".

It was, from 3 p.m., submitted for validation to the National Council of the party.

The two formations agreed on the “strategy, the program and the constituencies”, according to Igor Zamichiei.

The details of the agreement must be clarified in the afternoon.

According to André Chassaigne, president of the group of communist deputies, the PCF obtained, after a tough negotiation, 50 constituencies including 11 outgoing and five winnable "in conquest": Vierzon, Dax, Denain, Creil and Lens -Airplane.

More complicated with the PS

On the socialist side, the negotiations are more difficult.

"Our exchange is cordial" but "there remain sticking points both on the merits but mainly on the constituencies", declared LFI negotiator Manuel Bompard in front of his party's headquarters where the negotiations are taking place, before the break. to eat lunch.

"They are a little too greedy" compared to the 1.74% of the votes obtained by the PS candidate Anne Hidalgo in the presidential election, added LFI deputy Éric Coquerel, recalling that the agreement should be "concluded today".

A Macronie heavyweight, from the left, understands that "the PS is in the process of having a list of constituencies imposed on it, between 50 and 80", and he is "not sure that they will be able to do a group at the end" in the National Assembly - which requires at least 15 deputies.

An agreement was initially hoped for Monday evening or overnight.

"We are a few steps away from a historic agreement, but there are still some adjustments," admitted Pierre Jouvet, the head of the socialist negotiators, on Europe 1 on Tuesday morning.

The conclusion of the agreement with EELV, Sunday evening, plunged the left into a certain joy, they who are more used to being competitors and divided.

The 22% of Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the presidential election, associated with the weakness of all the other forces, below 5%, forced the reconciliations.

With AFP

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