Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS, defended himself from leading a party focused solely on the cities. Faure believes that the elected representatives of PS “knew our territories perfectly” “I am not going to engage in demagoguery or a form of caricature, but we also defend a way of life,” he said.

In the countryside, the banner of the left “becomes a repellent”, estimates the socialist vice-president of Lot Rémi Branco.