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France: in Marseille, end of the battle for the leadership of the Socialist Party
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The first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, alongside the mayor of Nantes Johanna Rolland and that of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, during the 80th party congress, in Marseille, this Saturday January 28, 2023. AFP - CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU
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After ten days of high tension, marked by accusations of fraud and exchanges of bird names, an agreement was reached between the two rivals for the leadership of the French Socialist Party (PS), at the 80th Congress of political formation in Marseilles.
Olivier Faure remains first secretary, but had to make concessions to his rival, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.
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With our special correspondent in Marseille,
Aurélien Devernoix
Hands go up all over the room.
Agreement validated by the 186 delegates of the Socialist Party.
After endless negotiations, Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer Rossignol finally decided to govern together.
Mission accomplished, according to the mayor of Rouen: “
There was a need for this wind of change, and today it is materializing.
Then, there is no love, there are only proofs of love;
today, we give a magnificent one.
That of Marseille is this desire to work together.
»
Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol becomes number two bis of the party, alongside the mayor of Nantes Johanna Rolland.
A three-headed management, therefore, with Olivier Faure at its top.
A first secretary on probation?
“
Free, yes!
I don't watch any more than others watch me.
We have to get out of these moments of conflict, and then, afterwards, move on, and that's what we're going to do.
»
In short, the peace is signed for the moment, because as the local of the stage reminds us, and member of the opposition of the PS, the ex-deputy Patrick Mennucci, the psychodramas, "
it is the nature of the Party socialist, don't be surprised and it's not the last time this will happen.
Because it will now be necessary for the new leadership to agree on sensitive issues: Europe, secularism, and of course relations with La France insoumise, the main subject of contention within the Socialist Party.
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