Black Hole, Big Bang: A Little Dive into the Social Democrat Galaxy Nebula

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Asteroids, comets and planets in the process of glaciation: we take out the telescope to observe this distant, far, far away system.

Press conference by Bernard Cazeneuve (La Convention) and François Rebsamen (Progressive Federation), at the Maison de l'Amérique latine, in Paris, on June 11. (Denis Allard/Libération)

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In this small but strange galaxy of French social democrats, there's a planet that has been dreaming of becoming the new sun since Olivier Faure's reappointment as head of the Socialist Party. Launched in March 2023 by Bernard Cazeneuve, La Convention sees itself as a force of attraction for other microparties, dreaming of filling a space left vacant by Emmanuel Macron's rightward shift. Last week, the former Prime Minister announced that he now has François Rebsamen's Progressive Federation in his orbit.

It's an acceleration of particles that has been shaking this social democratic galaxy for several weeks. Around a Convention at the center of the system, we find the Radical Party of the Left, now led by Guillaume Lacroix, and the Chevènementists (now without Jean-Pierre Chevènement) of the Citizens' Movement, who left the socialist fold for several years now but who have not

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