“He has withdrawn into himself”: a deputy from Seine-Saint-Denis leaves the Socialist Party, which she accuses of abandoning the “popular classes”

A new start for the Socialist Party which could do the business of rebellious France. The deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Fatiha Keloua Hachi announced, Friday, November 6, that she was leaving the political party, denouncing its distance from the working classes and its change of orientation. “It is with deep sadness, but without bitterness, that I am leaving a party whose political orientation I no longer share,” she wrote in a post published on her blog, on the Mediapart website.

Joining the PS in 2007 and elected deputy in 2022, Fatiha Keloua Hachi explains that she joined the party to give political incarnation to its fights against “racism and inequalities”. But she then also adheres to a left “capable of governing”, of defending “social justice” and of “uniting”. “Because it is united that the left wins, François Mitterrand showed us, and it is united that the left governs, as the plural left of Lionel Jospin has proven.”

Weary! All that remains of the united left of François Mitterrand and the plural left of Lionel Jospin is a distant memory. Because the Socialist Party, she assures, is no longer able to respond to the “anger and demands of the working classes”. “By turning in on itself, (the PS) has distanced itself from those it should represent”, and the organization of a paid primary, with participation set at 15 euros, is a sad illustration of this. So, she wonders, that “inequalities have exploded” in ten years of Macronism, “how can we be indignant at the queues for student meals at €1 per week, and ask for €15 on Sunday to have the right to choose the candidate of the left?”

Without specifying what her political affiliation will be from now on, Fatiha Keloua Hachi assures that she will not renounce her commitments. She intends to continue her fights in favor of the environment, the rights of women and the most precarious, while continuing to fight “without any concession” the National Rally, more than ever at the gates of power. “I’m leaving without slamming the door,” she explains, while expressing her gratitude to the party that supported her for nearly twenty years.