François Bayrou's criticisms against Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal on Wednesday evening caused an earthquake in the majority.
An earthquake whose tremors were felt even within the left.
While the boss of the MoDem says he refuses to enter the government due to political disagreements with the executive couple, Cyrielle Chatelain, the president of the environmental group in the Assembly, reached out to the centrist party.
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Invited on Public Senate Thursday morning, she invited the Béarnais troops to turn their gaze to their left if they wanted to help
“rebalance”
the line.
For Cyrielle Chatelain, the four left-wing groups and the centrists would be capable of
“working”
together on certain subjects, even if they do not share
“the same social project”
.
“ Points
of agreement”
could for example be found, according to her, on
“democratic issues”
,
“housing”
or even
“transport within local authorities”
.
“Get out of your comfort zone”
This idea of compromise was initially denounced by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who made it known - once again - on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
“So disappointing.
I hope it's just a little PR stunt.
Because this return to the old days of the alliance with the center takes us back to before the union of the left in 1973... There is no question of it.
Never”
, warned the Insoumis, affirming that
“popular union is impossible with the MoDem which defends positions against social demands and sits in the Macronist majority”
.
Cyrielle Chatelain immediately responded to the former candidate for the presidential election, in almost the same tone.
“Sometimes to get things done Jean-Luc Mélenchon, you have to get out of your comfort zone.
Voting with the MoDem for the taxation of superdividends and proportional, I accept it.
My objective: to enshrine our radical left and environmentalist solutions in the law,”
she replied.
In a second tweet, Jean-Luc Mélenchon finally admitted that the president of the environmental group was
“right to want to
make the MoDem deputies
vote with the left.
“I prefer that than when they vote against the Bompard law to regulate profit margins and guarantee farmers’ income.
Let’s talk to each other via PM
(private messages, editor’s note)
to understand each other
,” he suggested.