Forty years after François Mitterrand's accession to the Elysee Palace on May 10, 1981, his distant successor at the head of the PS Jean-Christophe Cambadélis (2014-2017) laments in the
Journal du Dimanche
a left threatened with "
marginalization
”at the end of the 2022 polls.
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“
The left celebrates May 10 and the victory of François Mitterrand by being divided and without ideas.
Its total in voting intentions is the lowest in fifty years.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon only conceives of unity behind its radicalism.
Environmentalists are obsessed with the idea of getting ahead of the socialists, who weakly support Anne Hidalgo.
The left is preparing to make up the presidential election and refuses to build an agreement in the legislative elections, which announces several candidacies in each constituency, inevitably leading to its marginalization
”, asserts the former official.
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The "
Mitterrandie
" will meet on Sunday in Le Creusot (Saône-et-Loire), at the invitation of the PS mayor, David Marti, to celebrate this anniversary: former President François Hollande, former Prime Ministers Lionel Jospin and Bernard Cazeneuve, the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo ...
The future is bleak on the left, according to Mr. Cambadélis, who lists the “
dead ends
” of the current left: “
Republican identity, immigration, security issues
”.
She would also be "
able neither to applaud Biden's stimulus plan nor to unite against the reform of unemployment benefit, which is a dirty blow in a country facing a major social crisis
".
According to him, "
there is no possible dynamic without a credible political offer and a solid union
". And to conclude: for lack of a burst, “
May 10, 2021 risks being the last anniversary of a political left giving way to a new national divide: 'far-right populism' against 'liberal right'; one nourishing the other and inevitably leading to the victory of the far right.
"