"What if this was a new union we were building. Guest of TF1's 13 Hours, Fabien Roussel continued to call for the creation of a "new popular front as broad and as large as possible in the capacity to win", in order to fight "the inflation which weighs on power purchase of the French" or "the threat of the extreme right that there is in our country".
Displaying the objective of "changing people's lives, so that they can find work that pays and allows them to live with dignity", the communist leader defended the project of "building with all the forces of the left, without anyone coming tell us “with whom we speak, with whom we discuss”. "We are a free and self-governing Communist Party," he reiterated.
"Unity is not achieved with flamethrowers or blows of the chin", had previously warned Benoît Payan, the mayor of Marseille, in front of the press, after a speech at the PCF congress, this Saturday. The day before, the coordinator of La France insoumise, Manuel Bompard, had asked the Communists to "clarify" their line, after the boss of the PCF, Fabien Roussel, had considered the Nupes "outdated". The mélenchoniste had then drawn the wrath of the communist leader, who had urged him to "meddle in (his) business".
Manuel Bompard, meanwhile, arrived at the congress at midday, but was not to speak. Like the leaders of the other parties, he was invited to this meeting. After meeting Fabien Roussel, he assured that he did not want to get "angry" with the Communists "in the current period and the very important battle for pensions. Now is not the time to shoot at your own side."
