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
.
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The mayor of Paris and the first secretary Olivier Faure, confirmed on Saturday at the head of the PS in Congress in Villeurbanne (Rhône), "
refuse the debate
" but "
if there is no more debate within the PS, it is is the death of the party as it existed,
”warns Stéphane Le Foll.
“
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.
"I am not disloyal"
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 does not consider recourse: "
Judiciary of political debates, it is not my line
".
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“
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 Stéphane 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.
