The head of the French Communist Party Fabien Roussel does not want to wait for the end of the European elections to launch a new gathering of the left for 2027, pleading for an approach “from now on”, without excluding “this or that political force”.
“Why wait for the end of the Europeans?
I hope that we begin a new approach now to win in 2027,” explains Fabien Roussel in an interview with Le Figaro on Wednesday evening, calling for “building a credible prospect of victory,” with “a serious, funded program that repairs the country and reconciles the French.”
For him, “several important subjects” were not covered in the Nupes program, “produced in a few days, on a corner of the table”, in May 2022. “Our country deserves much better than that”, says he, while admitting that there will be “hard points” in the discussions, particularly on pensions or nuclear power.
“I want to talk to everyone”
Asked whether LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon can represent the left, he judges that “today, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, like other Insoumis leaders, is scary.
But I’m not here to award good points, don’t ask me to exclude this or that force.”
“I want to talk to everyone, from Sophie Binet (the boss of the CGT, Editor’s note) to Patrick Martin (president of Medef, Editor’s note).
I want to convince the voters of Jean-Luc Mélenchon like those of Marine Le Pen,” he insists.
Refusing the idea of already thinking about a process of nominating a single candidate, or a primary, he believes that “this is not the priority”.
He pleads for “a candidacy which is not that of a party, but that of a gathering and a program”, without further details.
“I make myself totally available to lead this fight.
There may be several of us who do so.
I am not closing the door to any scenario,” he concludes.