Wednesday morning, the socialist delegation goes down the Dubail passage.
A narrow but sunny street with graffiti-covered walls.
It is there, in this popular district of the Gare de l'Est, in Paris, that the Insoumis have their headquarters.
The guests of the day are a handful: the number two of the PS in the lead, Corinne Narassiguin, accompanied by the delegates to the elections and the negotiations, Pierre Jouvet, Sébastien Vincini, Boris Vallaud, Laurent Baumel and Christophe Clergeau.
They smile in front of the press but the historic moment is also painful.
The PS has just obtained 1.74% in the presidential election with Anne Hidalgo, the worst score in its secular history.
The message from voters is clear.
His survival is at stake, and already that of his parliamentary group in the Assembly.
Facing them, expressing the power of the 21.95% of Jean-Luc Mélenchon,
the rebels Manuel Bompard, Adrien Quatennens, Manon Aubry, Alexis Corbière and Éric Coquerel await them.
It's the Red Guard getting ready to take Solferino...
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