Olivier Faure in an armchair? This Thursday, the socialist members raised the orientation text of the current first secretary at the head of the first round of their 80th congress, according to the first results made public late in the evening. Results that are disputed.
According to an official party source, Faure obtained at least 50.5% of the vote but his rival, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, affirmed for his part that according to his estimates, this figure was actually around 48%. The mayor of Rouen comes second with 31.5% according to him (30.5% according to his rival). The third candidate Helene Geoffroy, the mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin, would be between 19% and 21% depending on the sources. The final results will be announced this Friday and the battle of numbers promises to be great
Thank you to the thousands of socialist activists who have chosen to place me very largely at the head of this first round vote. The strategic debate has been settled. 1/2#CongresPS
— Olivier Faure (@faureolivier) January 13, 2023
Even if Faure obtains more than half of the votes, a second round will, whatever happens, be organized next Thursday in the socialist sections to designate a first secretary. What to announce next hectic days at the PS, once morest a backdrop of disputes in various federations. “We go from 2021, where Faure was more than 75%, to first results below 50%. It’s a huge failure.”, tackled in the evening Lamia El Aaraje, pair of Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol. It is without recalling that at the time, there were only two orientation texts once morest three this year… If ever the commission were to give Olivier Faure more than 48.5%, the “Refoundations” camp , would not validate the figures, they warned the press on Friday morning.
“Many thought it was all over but tonight is a surprise and hope is allowedinsisted on his side Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol. We were barely known, we were looked at with condescension but the numbers allow us to win. A new election is starting. We are going to form a new collective in a position to win. «Nothing is played, wants to believe Lamia El Aaraje. The Mayer-Rossignol team now counts on the support of Hélène Geoffroy, supported in particular by the former minister of François Hollande, Stéphane Le Foll.
A clash between pro and anti-Nupes
This Friday morning, Mayer-Rossignol added a layer to the press. As he has stated since the start of his campaign, the mayor of Rouen insists that he is “the only one who can gather” and therefore to be able to impose themselves. According to the Fabiusian, the results he has in his possession show that “the outgoing management does not reach a consensus”. Worse, if Olivier Faure were to win, his victory might lead to a “party split”he considers.
The mayors of Rouen and Vaulx-en-Velin indeed share strong criticism once morest the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes). For them, the alliance forged at the time of the last legislative elections had no effect other than “to subjugate the Socialist Party to rebellious France”regularly taxed by training “populist”. defender ofa “third way”Mayer-Rossignol, supported in particular by the mayors of Paris and Montpellier, Anne Hidalgo and Michaël Delafosse, just like the president of the Occitanie region, Carole Delga, pleads for “a new union of the left” in which the PS would be the central force. In case of victory, Hélène Geoffroy promised to suspend the participation of roses in the Nupes.
For Olivier Faure on the other hand, a great craftsman of the electoral agreement with the communists, the ecologists and the rebellious, we must continue on this path of the union of the left. With some 50% of the militant votes, the first secretary has a good chance of being re-elected a third time following 2018 and 2021. And of being re-enthroned, in Marseille, during the 80th congress scheduled for January 27 to 29.
Update Friday, January 13 at 12:05 p.m. with more elements.
