Between Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the choice of François Hollande is quickly made.
Invited on France Inter this Monday, the former President of the Republic announced his vote for the second round of the Socialist Party.
This will be carried without much surprise on the mayor of Rouen who advocates a PS leader within the Nupes, and that he considers able to "
bring together the Socialists, while being attached to the union of the left
".
“
Talk about a performance!
“, first quipped the former head of state, while the current first secretary collected 49.15% of the vote, or 11,277 ballots.
“
Well no, I do not salute this performance, since five years ago the PS had around 80,000 members.
Today it's half.
Of the 40,000, half came to vote.
Of the 20,000, barely half came to vote for Olivier Faure
, ”he laughed again.
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For François Hollande, it is a question in the future of having "
a central force which has long been the PS and which is not simply to be confused with LFI
" - that is to say the criticism that the former tenant of the Élysée makes against Olivier Faure.
It is therefore rather Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol (30.51% in the first round) who will be able to take up this challenge in his eyes: “
to ensure that the PS exists
”.
If the city councilor fails in the second round, it will still be necessary to "
accept the verdict of the vote
".
"
But I do not place myself in this hypothesis, I think that Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol can win
," said François Hollande.
Adding that "
if he did not succeed, I think that they all have at heart each other to work on this alternative
".
