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Legislative 2022: Mélenchon submits the Greens and the PS to the extreme left

2022-05-04T18:25:52.638Z


STORY - To unite in the legislative elections, the left-wing parties had to accept the conditions of the Insoumis.


Olivier Faure had small eyes on Wednesday morning.

The first secretary of the PS went to bed at 7:30 am, and here he is already ordering his first coffee three hours later, in a brasserie in the capital.

The last night of negotiations with the rebels to reach a common agreement in the legislative elections lasted until dawn.

"It was hard.

We had gains, but also losses…”,

he admits.

The archi-winnable 15th district of Paris, which covers part of the 20th arrondissement, has turned to hell.

The Insoumis recalled that the election of the outgoing socialist, Lamia El Aaraje, had been canceled because of the participation of a false candidate and that the place was therefore vacant.

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After an interminable showdown, the mélenchonistes won their case.

It is their candidate, Danielle Simonnet, who will represent the united left there.

“We fought until the end… Unfortunately, we do not sacrifice a national agreement because it gets stuck in a single constituency”

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Source: lefigaro

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