"We want change": Olivier Faure refuses to say whether the Socialist Party would censor a new Macronist government

The first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, who wants Emmanuel Macron to appoint a left-wing Prime Minister , had still not been contacted by the head of state on Tuesday morning, September 9, and refused to say whether the Socialist Party would censure a Prime Minister from the presidential camp.

"During the night, I was sleeping soundly and so I didn't hear the phone ring," he replied on France Inter, while the head of state announced his desire to appoint a new Prime Minister "in the next few days" after the fall of François Bayrou .

Asked about the PS's attitude in the event of the appointment of a Macronist Prime Minister like Sébastien Lecornu or Catherine Vautrin, Olivier Faure refused to answer.

"I'm not going to get into a narrative that would be about what I would do with this or that person. For the moment, we must claim power and make sure that this possibility exists," he argued, while the Socialist group, with its 66 deputies, occupies a pivotal role in the National Assembly.

"Today, we want change. To ensure that the French people who are expressing their exasperation can finally find a political outlet through a change that cannot be, in my view, a continuation of what we have known for a long time," he argued.