Act two of “ Social democracy strikes back” took place in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), on Thursday, October 3. Five days after the “left meetings” organized by the president of the Occitania region, Carole Delga, and two days Before During the large demonstration in a public square led by MEP Raphaël Glucksmann, Karim Bouamrane, socialist mayor of Saint-Ouen since 2020, launched his human and strong France movement on the lawn of the Bauer stadium, as under construction as this moderate left current . of commitment, which many aspire to embody.
Around 4,000 people had moved in; many media outlets, left-wing experts: the former president of the Republic, François Hollande, Carole Delga, Raphaël Glucksmann, the president of the socialist group in the Senate, Patrick Kanner, the president of Seine-Saint-Denis, Stéphane Troussel, In in particular, Anne Hidalgo’s deputy, Lamia El Aaraje, to listen to a political personality unknown to the general public until three months ago. But whose name circulated, after the dissolution, as prime minister. Since this appearance, Karim Bouamrane, 51, joins the list of those who, in the Socialist Party (PS) and its satellites, want to make their small business prosper away from the excesses denounced by La Francia Insumisa (LFI).
His speech focused on some very universal leftist values. “Beauty must be a political objective. » “We must embark on a path to happiness. We are gathered because the left must return to power. She will return. We believe in it and we will make it happen. » “We are the France of the republican ideal, of the republican bases. Come together to breathe new hope. » Still he took the liberty of slapping LFI in passing: “We must not be in the enchantment, in the sterile rupture. » And a slap to Olivier Faure, accused by his internal adversaries of being submissive to Jean-Luc Mélechon: “We, the left, should have done everything we could to be responsibleKarim Bouamrane chanted. It would be necessary to break with the 100% position of the New Popular Front program. In fact, we knew we wouldn’t get anything. »
“May hope be more and more shared! »
Karim Bouamrane is the son of a Moroccan bricklayer, he wears an impeccable three-piece suit and exudes, before journalists, a frankness that supposedly blurs the lines. He began his political career in the Communist Party. In the PS he is in the same movement as Olivier Faure, the first secretary, but not on the same line. Karim Bouamrane places his personal ambitions on a much-publicized launching pad. On April 12, 2024, he appeared on the cover of New York Timesas a very active mayor of a city that hosts the athletes’ village during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. He surfs upright on the Olympic wave and on the rumor that he seriously sends to Matignon… For a few days. His niche: becoming the standard bearer of a popular elite.
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