To the rescue of the Labour Law: bunker evening Valls and Cambadélis – The Obs

public meeting in a bunker. This is not the title of the latest film released in theaters but the scene that actually occurred on Wednesday evening June 8 to the edge of Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. Manuel Valls was the star of a support rally in the Labour Law, which was mainly intended to motivate socialist troops fragmented pointing the common enemy in less than a year of presidential elections: the right

the appointment, at the initiative of the PS, takes place under high security. To contain any outbreaks of opposition to Labour law gathered not far away, dozens of riot police blocked the surrounding streets. “I want to join friends waiting for me at the subway,” complains a young girl from one of them. Not a chance.

To access the Salons de l’Aveyron, venue of the meeting entitled “Defending social progress”, must show their credentials. Tonight, only about 500 socialist activists handpicked, whose parliamentary support of the Government have access to the room. In the audience, several ministers, including Martine Pinville (Trade and Crafts), George Pau-Langevin (Overseas) or Harlem Désir (European Affairs).

“I do not accept trial treason “

First message to the participants: the law El Khomri, much criticized on the left, and more generally the balance of five years, are indeed” left “. “We are left,” insists repeatedly in the micro Agriculture Minister and government spokesman Stephane Le Foll, furious against “those who do us trials in treachery.”

Venue defend its law face the “caricatures” Myriam El Khomri boasts the economic record of five years, his “70,000 jobs created in the last quarter” and the youth unemployment level, “the same as in May 2012″. True to himself, Manuel Valls sending him, the protesters in their struggles he considers another time:

“Like you, I do not accept all these trials of treason left, these curses, these rearguard quarrels. They only weaken us collectively. at a time when we must be strong, to fight the battle. “

the right viewfinder

But on Wednesday, it was mainly for these socialists to lead the fight against the right. A few days before the arrival of the El Khomri legislation in the Senate, where the majority has largely cured the text. But mostly less than a year of presidential elections, where candidates to the right of primary indulge in liberal upmanship. “A competition to reverse the table and be each time more and more hard,” Valls tip.

“You see the mote in the eye of the left, but not the beam in your eye of France. the problem of France is right. but not enough liberal social too, “joked the boss of the PS Jean-Christophe Cambadélis.

Juppe favorite of the primary? “This is the social destruction but with a smile. The happy austerity in short,” attack the same “Camba”. End of meeting. It is almost 22 hours. Time to get out of the bunker.

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