The renovation of the PS might look like this

Tuesday, it will be more sports! "Pierre Moscovici, organizing the"Convention for a new model of economic, social and ecological development", which the Bill was passed Saturday unanimously less one abstention, knows how to reach a consensus between Socialists sometimes akin to a cross road. The renovation of the PS might look like this. Responsible for national Secretary of the renovation of the PS, Arnaud Montebourg had to submit to Martine Aubry its proposals last night. This will be tomorrow to the members of the national bureau (Government of the party) to debate. The menu would have what satisfy for long a workaholic: Organization and primary calendar open, pyramiding of mandates, the Organization of the next Congress date, diversity, parity...

"The national Office will measure the convergences", explains, optimist, MP François Lamy, right arm of Martine Aubry, who believes that many discussions have already taken place and that the subject is already largely "déminé." According to another close to the first Secretary, the national Office could easily validate the mode of the primary organization and their holding after the senatorial elections in 2011. With regard to the date of filing of applications, Martine Aubry said yesterday on France 2 candidates will have to "make themselves known in June 2011, or something like that." A calendar which is not the desired by François Hollande. A few hours earlier on Europe 1, the latter had reaffirmed its desire to see the candidate PS presidential before designated "summer 2011", so that the Socialists are not taken speed by Nicolas Sarkozy, which may go to campaign at this time.

Another "hot" topic, the Organization of the future Congress of the Socialist Party. Must be held before or after the primary The issue divided the PS. Organize it before would create alliances between candidates, but risk of reopening a few poorly healed wounds. Organize it after would gather around the nominated party. For the time being Socialists agree on one point: avoid at all costs the deleterious Congress of November 2009.

Overlapping of mandates

Finally, another big piece of the national Office of the future: the decumulation of the warrants (between a parliamentary mandate and a position in a regional executive). Last week, Martine Aubry was made in the Senate to listen to the grievances of its members. According to most of the senators present candidates without a strong local presence could lose valuable seats and to prevent the conquest of the Senate in 2011. In other words, best is to do nothing change, at least not before 2012 and vote a law which would apply to all parties to avoid the "unilateral disarmament". The senators were heard by Martine Aubry who will offer "transitional measures". "". "Transitions are more flexible in where the estates are most difficult to prepare," it said in the entourage of the first Secretary. "It cannot tell us that it has been losing the Senate to the left as well!", considers this familiar. The pyramiding, apply to all, but later in autumn 2012. Clearly, the "moonlighters" re-elected senators in 2011 will have to choose the mandate which they wish to retain. As members of Parliament elected after the presidential election of 2012, they will therefore approximately three months to choose.

After the national Office of tomorrow, the report submitted by Arnaud Montebourg will be discussed at the national Council of 8 June. A national convention of ratification will take place on 3 July.

The coming weeks are therefore decisive for the PS and the desire of presidential future of Martine Aubry. "Martine Aubry ahead!", was declared Saturday the Senator-Mayor of Lyon Gérard Collomb, pro - DSK. He summed up the situation thus: "after adopting the project of society, when activists will have voted for the renovation and then validated the international proposals on a new agreement in October, it will be difficult for anyone to say that he is a candidate against the first Secretary.".