The socialist, the first signatory of the “Refoundations” orientation text, enters the scene against Olivier Faure, candidate for his succession. Hélène Geoffroy, mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin, should also deposit his text “Refound, Gather, Govern”.
MO12345LEMONDE With AFP
The socialist mayor of Rouen Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol is a candidate for the post of first secretary of the PS, against Olivier Faure, he announced, Friday, November 25 in the evening, in a press release.
After having co -signed a general contribution called “refoundations” at the beginning of the month, the mayor of Rouen takes one more step and becomes the first signatory of the orientation text of the same name, which designates him to be a candidate.
” refoundations “, orientation text supported in particular by relatives of the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the president of the Occitanie region, Carole Delga, wants to be a “Third way” between outgoing management and supporters of former President François Hollande.
“Alongside Lamia El Aaraje, spokesperson for the Socialist Party and assistant to the mayor of Paris, Claire Fita, vice-president of the Occitanie region, and more than 1,500 signatories”, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol ” to the deep overhaul of the left and will bring the ambition to install a joint pair at the head of the Socialist Party “, specifies his press release.
another candidate in the running
Saturday, all the orientation texts in the running for the PS congress scheduled for January must be deposited in January. In addition to Olivier Faure, candidate for his succession, another candidate should submit his text “Refound, bring together, govern”: Hélène Geoffroy, mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin supported by the “elephants” of the PS and historic opponent of the line of Olivier Faure.
The Congress will be an opportunity for the latter to plead for the continuation of the new Ecological and Social People’s Popular Union (Nuts), concluded with environmentalists, the Communists and especially the “rebellious”, to radicalism deemed counterproductive or even dangerous by its detractors.
Opposite, Hélène Geoffroy has already announced that she would suspend the participation of the PS in the club if she was elected. Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, he officially positions himself between the two: neither “irreconcilable left” of the anti-naked, nor “without the naked point of salvation” by Olivier Faure, he sums up. But the entourage of this one considers that negotiations are already underway between Hélène Geoffroy and the proponents of the line of “refoundations” to ally against the outgoing direction.
Will other orientation texts be unveiled on Saturday? Many doubts it. The authors of another general contribution deposited in early November and called “socialist fights” have already announced that they were rallying to Olivier Faure.