Finally the text was adopted by 146 votes

Is this open war or armed peace After several weeks where the leaders of the Socialist Party have washed their dirty linen in public, Martine Aubry was drawn Saturday the roadmap of the PS for the next three years at a national Council under tension, punctuated by virulent exchanges with the supporters of Ségolène Royal. Unhappy with the proposals, the latter had refused Friday to participate in the new leadership of the party. In the absence of the President of Poitou-Charentes, they led the offensive against the methods and the strategic choice of the new first Secretary. With a purpose: to lay on Martine Aubry, accused of having reactivated the "all except Ségolène", the responsibility of the division.

The issue of alliances

The Mayor of Lille had, admittedly, an agreement with the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, and flagship of the left wing of the party, Benoît Hamon. In essence, the "text of direction policy 2008-2011" that they have in common is "the requirement of a socialism of Government clearly anchored to the left", the need for an alternative to the liberal model, "a new model of economic, social and ecological development" which requires "rearm" public power. Until then, nothing which angry, really Ségolène Royal. The subjects of contention are the design of the party and its alliances. The text points out that the Socialist Party "must welcome more activists", but reiterated that the principle of proportionality of the assessment according to income must be maintained (whereas Ségolène Royal wanted to reduce the cost of membership). He said particularly: "we reject any alliance with the Modem. What raise the ire of the "royalist" who have seen an excuse to "ostracize". The Mayor of Dijon, François Rebsamen, cruelly reminded Grenoble Mayor Michel Destot, who chaired the meeting, that he had not hesitated to alliance with the Modem in the first round in the last municipal elections. David Assouline, an another supporter of Ségolène Royal, requested the signatories to the text in policy that they will be on the evening of the first round of the 2010 regional elections when only an alliance with the Modem will not be lost. "They will do the molettisme: say one thing and do the opposite, expecting Jean-Louis Bianco.". How to dismiss a priori all the alliances and the left is only 36 in the country

The tension reached its height when the Royalists have called a "suspension of the meeting" to get a nominal vote of hands, a rare procedure. Finally, the text was adopted by 146 votes. Supporters of Ségolène Royal, who were 72, abstained. At the Forum, in the corridors, the communication battle raged. The relatives of the Mayor of Lille denounced an attempt to "bordelisation". "Royalists" were considered, with respect to them, that the debate had been truncated. "Forty-five minutes on a text of direction for three years, the internal democracy starts poorly." is seriously Jean-Louis Bianco. For then we will be a force of proposal and try to run the party in the 30s of federations that we are headed as we would have liked it if we were to head today.

In a very long speech, Martine Aubry has attempted to calm the spirits. Speaking to her rival, she said: "the door remains open and will be during these three years which separate us from our next Conference." "The door is always closed!" responded Vincent Peillon. Force is finally recognize that if Martine Aubry welcomed that, "as early as Monday, not a Socialist failure to the French", for the moment is missed.