"If I support Nicolas, it is because we have the same vision of society", explained during a press briefing in Toulouse Ms. Delga, alongside Mr. Mayer-Rossignol, also evoking a "same attachment in the fight against the extreme right".
"We consider that the police, they protect, that they do not kill", she said, in reference to controversial remarks by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the Insoumis, on the police. , and "we consider companies as a necessity to create wealth and then better share it".
The pro-Nupes line, promoted by Olivier Faure, ended Friday at the top of the Socialists' vote but its challenger Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, who received the support of the third candidate Hélène Geoffroy, still hopes to win on January 19.
Olivier Faure won 49.15% of the vote, ahead of Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol (30.51%) and Hélène Geoffroy (20.34%).
"We are challengers but victory is perfectly possible," said Mr. Mayer-Rossignol, for whom this vote expresses an "expectation for renewal and unity" at the PS.
"Renewal because it has to change, we have to put in some air, fresh air, we have to open the doors and windows (of the party, editor's note) and then the rally because our party has been too fractured," he said.
Regarding the Nupes, he pleaded for an "allies without being aligned" line, believing that the left alliance should be made on clear positions concerning the far right, Europe, the Republic and secularism.
Ms. Delga judged that the approach of "Refoundations", a current created in the fall by Mr. Mayer-Rossignol, had "taken" well from the activists.
They "felt that there was a real collective, a real positive attitude and that we were not there to knock out the others".
On France Inter, the deputy of rebellious France Alexis Corbière wished for his part the victory of Olivier Faure in the name of "unity" within Nupes.
"We need unity. I don't want Marine Le Pen to win next time".
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