"If there is no more debate within the PS, it is the death of the party as it existed".
The mayor of Le Mans Stéphane Le Foll maintains his candidacy for the nomination of the PS for the presidential election, against Anne Hidalgo, while criticizing a "refusal of the debate" within his party, he indicates to the Journal du Dimanche.
“I always offer Anne Hidalgo a debate on television.
When we claim, like her and the PS, participatory democracy and citizens' votes, the minimum is to agree to debate, ”insists the former minister of François Hollande.
A large majority of delegates present at the PS Congress voted on Saturday for the holding of this internal vote of investiture on October 14, promised by the First Secretary who supports the mayor of Paris.
Rather than a debate between the suitors, they opted for "a time of exchange of each candidate with the militants".
The mayor of Le Mans, however, does not consider recourse: "Judiciary of political debates, it is not my line".
"Failure" strategy
“I submit my application, with a project book: Reconnect with the France of the Lights.
I say that the left has lost its compass, I advocate an eco-Keynesian policy.
Can we discuss it?
", Insists Mr. Le Foll, who thinks that the current" strategy "will" lead to failure ".
What if Anne Hidalgo wins the nomination, which is very likely?
"I am not disloyal, I will vote PS," he replies.
The former first secretary of the party Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, who planned to run, joined him on Saturday in the candidacy of the mayor of Paris.