ONE IS already in congress!” Thursday evening, this Parisian militant did not believe his ears of them. The council of the federation of Paris resembled at a general assembly of preparation of congress, with, already, of the “contributions” which circulate, these texts in which each current affirms its convictions to prepare “motion” that it will present at the congress.

One week after the defeat of Royal Ségolène to the presidential election, the Socialists find themselves today with Reciprocity for a national council devoted to an assessment of presidential and with the preparation of legislative of June. The meeting, which is held in camera, will have in particular to ratify the platform programming science for the legislative ones, written with haste this week. Controlled by the strauss-kahnien Alain Bergougnoux, she was criticized at the time of the national secretariat day before yesterday morning by the friends of Ségolène Royal, in particular the senator David Assouline, who reproached the authors not for having been based enough on the “presidential pact” of Ségolène Royal.

Yesterday, whereas it was asked to him whether this platform were to be based on its pact, Ségolène Royal answered: “That goes from oneself.” The afternoon, the national council will pass on to the examination nominations, whereas wild candidatures are profiled in some districts, and that Ségolène Royal let know, yesterday, that it did not intend “not to be presented” at the legislative ones, although all was organized the day before so that it is it (to read below).

If there were not these legislative, the PS would enter as of today the battle of the leadership. “But we cannot allow us to conduct this campaign on internal bottom of debate”, affirms a socialist elected official. The objective is to obtain the most deputies possible, to weigh in the Parliament, but especially because it is the key of the financing of the party, calculated for a share in proportion to the voices and the other according to the number of deputies. Difficult also to envisage an extraordinary congress of clarification as of the autumn whereas are profiled the local elections, envisaged in 2008.

“Skill like method”

This week, they are several to have posed their marks. As of Sunday, Ségolène Royal posted its intention to continue the combat. Yesterday, she said herself “available for all that will be useful, but it is the first secretary (François Holland) who will conduct the campaign”. Thursday evening, it is Domenica Strauss-Kahn who had taken date, posting his will to renovate the PS and stripping more arrows at the place of the first secretary than to that of Royal. He had in particular estimated that the difficulties of the party are to be sought in “unanimism like strategy and the skill like method”. A way of reproaching Holland for not having carried out the ideological restoration of the party since 2002 by privileging to each congress obtaining the broadest synthesis between all the tendencies. As for the fabiusiens, they remain quiet, awaiting them also the end of the legislative ones.

Remain that it is quite difficult to know the domestic equilibria. Since the last congress of Mans, new militants entered in mass thanks to the contribution to 20 euros, often to support the candidature of Royal. In Solférino, the friends of the beaten candidate already praise themselves to be “the first current of the party”.