After the call of Ruffin and the refusal of Glucksmann, the primary on the left receives the support of several mayors – Liberation

Left primary already has its pro and anti. After the first disagreement displayed between Raphaël Glucksmann And François Ruffina squadron of local elected officials and environmentalists took the pen this Saturday in a tribune published by the New obs. The collective thus pleads for « The emergence of a joint candidacy carrying a word of social justice, ecological ambition and respect for human rights. »

The text, at the initiative of Johanna RollandPS mayor of Nantes, Eric Piolleecologist leader of Grenoble and Patrice BessacCommunist city councilor of Montreuil, was signed by sixty councilors from the country belonging to the various leftist training courses.

« Let’s talk, listen to ourselves, let us get together. And above all, let’s never forget who are our real opponents, write the signatories. We, mayors, are ready and ready to carry this ambition. We put ourselves at the service of a collective imperative: give hope to the popular and medium -sized classes, to breathe new life into France and reconcile our country. ”

Together, they defend Lucie Castets line. L’ex-candidate of the new Popular Front in MatignonSupported by the Ecologists Marine Tondelier’s heads, invites the leaders of the left -wing and ecologists to come together on July 2 to discuss a joint presidential candidacy. François Ruffin will go there, but Raphaël Glucksmann, that has always been challenged From the electoral agreement of the left, has already declined the invitation.

This new call on the left follows a restless week on the left on the question of the method of appointing its or its champion in 2027. In an interview with Release On May 20, the deputy for the Somme took the floor to call for the organization of a large primary of the left, « From Poutou to Holland», Passing through Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Test to which he will obviously be a candidate: « We need a primary … and I will win it. »

Only three days after Ruffin’s proposal, Raphaël Glucksmann declined the invitation in an interview with World « I will not participate in a thing of devices that produces a soft synthesis, because it will not work »argued the European deputy; rejecting « Application with Jean-Luc Mélenchon ». The putative candidate of France rebellious for 2027, he is wary historically from exercise and should also go beyond.