After publishing a press release wishing a happy new year, the socialists of the south of Aisne announced through the press the constitution of a list for the next municipal elections in Château-Thierry, with, as head of the list, Karim Belaïd , PS candidate of the New Popular Front, associated with Marie-Ange Layer (PC), that is to say LFI, PC, Ecolos and PS, in the last legislative elections of June 2024.
The socialists justify this approach by the fact that “nearly 2000 of you in Château-Thierry supported the candidacy of Karim Belaïd and Marie-Ange Layer. This historic score made it possible to relegate the National Rally to 2th rank and finally turn the page on Macronie which finished last with almost 800 votes less than the left candidacy. » This Macronie was represented in the southern Aisne constituency by the former deputy of the former deputy Jacques Krabal, so it is very possible that, locally, this explains that…
Five major ambitions for the list won by the PS
The local PS therefore imagines that preparing “the future of the territory is now the responsibility of the left, we are proposing a project structured around five major ambitions which will guide the work of the next municipal majority. » These priorities are “a dynamic city”, then “a green city, an inclusive city, a feminist city” and finally, “a secure and safe city”.
Yes, but here it is: both the press release and the article in the local press come solely from the socialists who are putting one of their own in the spotlight of this upcoming union of local lefts. Neither the ecologists, nor the LFI, nor the communists are co-editors of what should result in the publication of an initiative, placed exclusively under the aegis of “the Catelle section of the PS” and announced for “soon”. Question Union, it still begins a bit like an individual initiative of the PS to position itself as leader of this union and having to place one of its own as head of the list.
The banalities of Amine Abdelmadjid
Amine Abdelmadjid, head of the PS of the south of Aisne and signatory of the press release, specifies to Oise Hebdo: “Today, proposing an offer to bring together democratic, humanist and progressive forces is natural, especially when we look at the scores from the left this year. The gathering will be large, massive, because he must win. The programmatic orientations and collective commitment will respond to this ambition. » In everyday language, this still seems a bit like a collection of banalities. But hey, it is the image of the union, without the figures of the union of the Castelle left, which does not fail to challenge at the moment.
Doubts about the union
Does this union, everyone behind me, have a chance of becoming formalized and with whom? Because if there is almost no doubt that the ecologists will participate, what will happen for the communists who presented a joint list with LFI during the last municipal elections, but including Marie-Ange Layer, also elected PC regional councilor, was Karim Belaïd’s deputy during the legislative elections of June 2024?
What will happen to LFI’s participation? Could this union be an opportunity to bring back to the left those who have left for the sweet and languorous songs of a Macronie who risks having great difficulty surviving as soon as Emmanuel Macron, his progenitor, will have left the Ors of the Republic?
Sawsen Clément Jebbari, the president of Renaissance Aisne, formerly En Marche like Emmanuel Macron, reacted, in her own way, to this announcement from the PS castel: “The socialist party is today without a leader. I no longer recognize the left that I loved. That of Michel Rocard and Jacques Delors. This social democratic left wing is missing in the country and I am convinced that many socialists do. If I understood correctly, a list is announced in Château-Thierry, but when I hear Jean-Luc Mélenchon say ”end of truancy for our partners”, I am sad and I wish them good luck . »
Still. The PS of the south of Aisne launched a unifying idea. All that remains is to see who will join in and who will want to go it alone.
Maxime HADRIEN
