The cloth burns between the Left Radical Party (PRG) and the Socialist Party. A few weeks before the municipal elections, the two historic partners should, in certain cities, no longer campaign under the same banner. And especially in Paris and Lyon. “The PS betrays us by preferring to ally with parties from the left to the left. We will have to draw the consequences from this in future elections, ”warns Guillaume Lacroix, president of the PRG.
According to our information, in Paris, the traditional PS-PRG alliance is on the verge of divorce. Parisian leftist radicals are said to be considering fighting the battle alongside Cédric Villani, the dissident LREM candidate. A meeting is scheduled for Wednesday with a view to rallying in the first round. “The center left that we represent has been part of the Parisian majority since 2001. We have always been loyal partners and a force for proposals. We do not accept a discount agreement denying the contribution of the PRG to this majority who leans very strongly on his left, "laments Jean-Christophe Mikhailoff, the president of the Parisian federation of the PRG.
The future of PRG takes shape at the center
Reason for this anger: the Communist Party, in exchange for the merger of its lists with those of the PS from the first round, obtained twelve posts of advisers from Paris. Générations.s, the party of Benoît Hamon obtained eight, while the PRG would lose one of the two it currently has. For his part, Rémi Féraud, the boss of the Socialist Federation of Paris shows a somewhat brutal sincerity. "The PRG is not a strategic issue for us", he asserts. And to clarify that the priority of Anne Hidalgo was now civil society and the opening candidates.
In Lyon too, the historic center of radicalism, the union on the left is falling apart. The PRG - which is no longer as powerful as it was a few years ago - should announce this week a global agreement, on the metropolis and on the city with David Kimelfeld and Georges Képénékian, the two head of dissident lists of The Republic in Market. “We discussed with everyone, we negotiated with the PS. The reason why we did not go with the left is that the PRG had to have two constituencies, they finally disappeared, "lamented on Lyon Mag TV, Cédric Rousset, vice-president of the Left Radical Party.
The future for the left radicals, pegged to the PS from François Mitterrand and Robert Fabre and the Common Program, is taking shape in the center. “There is obviously a political space there, estimates Guillaume Lacroix. The PRG could occupy it with the dissidents of LREM from the left, the ecology of government embodied by Yannick Jadot and part of the PS. I'll get down to it. "