Reuters and Europa Press

La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, December 7, 2024, p. 20

Paris. The French Socialist Party affirmed yesterday that it is willing to negotiate to break the political blockade in the country, announced the first secretary of said political force, Olivier Faure, after conversations with President Emmanuel Macron, although he noted that the priorities of the left must be respected. in conversations.

We want left-wing policies with a left-wing prime minister. This is the message that he (Macron) must understand now, after having chosen Michel Barniersaid Faure, after meeting with the president.

The socialist secretary affirmed that he is willing to support a broader government, since everyone can see that the current political stalemate harms Franceand added that he could not work with another right-wing premier under no circumstances.

For her part, the mayor of Paris, the socialist Anne Hidalgo, called on the public channel France 2 for an alliance of republican leaders because It’s not worth rushing into chaos.

Hidalgo, who will not run for re-election, hopes that the next prime minister will be center-leftalthough he ruled himself out.

Melénchon distances himself from being a socialist leader

Meanwhile, the leader of La Francia Insumisa (LFI), Jean-Luc Melénchon, criticized Faure for speaking with the president and stated on social networks: Nothing you are doing is in our name or that of the NFP (New Popular Front).

The socialists are part of the NFP, an alliance formed by the left to increase their options in the last legislative elections in July, and which also includes the parties LFI, Europe Ecology The Greens and the Communist Party.

In a prime-time speech yesterday, President Macron declared that he will announce a new premier in the coming days to replace Barnier, ousted in a no-confidence motion by lawmakers upset over his austere 2025 budget bill.