The president of the Occitanie Region distances herself from the national authorities of the Socialist Party after the announcement of a possible agreement between her party and that of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. She quotes the former Chairman of the Board Pierre Mendès-France and emblematic and historical figure of the left in France to mark her difference. While discussions are intensifying and rapprochements are taking shape between the Socialist Party and La France insoumise with a view to an agreement for the legislative elections, the President of the Occitanie Region Carole Delga has once again marked her hostility towards a such eventuality. By tweeting this Friday, April 29 in the morning, and quoting the former President of the Council Pierre Mendès-France, an emblematic and historical figure of the left in France: “Morality in politics prohibits strategy and convictions from diverging, even for motives of transitory expediency. That’s what I call the truth.” Difficult to be more clear. “Political morality prohibits strategy and convictions from diverging, even for reasons of transitory expediency. This is what I call the truth”. Pierre Mendès France— Carole Delga (@CaroleDelga) April 29, 2022 This Thursday, Carole Delga had denounced “political grubs” on the occasion of the launch of the legislative campaign in the Tarn. The president of the Occitanie region presented the first three candidates “from a practical and real left”. Two being from the PS, the other from civil society. Carole Delga clearly distances herself from the national authorities of the Socialist Party and claims to belong to “this left field which rolls up its sleeves”. The ambiguous position of the mayor of Montpellier The mayor of Montpellier Michaël Delafosse, a little earlier, had shown himself to be more sibylline: “Political commitment requires disinterestedness, coherence and sincerity. Gathering is necessary, it must be based on clarity and the credibility of the commitments. The republican, social and ecological left cannot turn its back on Europe through ‘disobedience'”, he also tweeted. Political commitment requires disinterestedness, consistency and sincerity. The gathering is necessary, it must be based on the clarity and credibility of the commitments. The republican, social and ecological left cannot turn its back on Europe through “disobedience”.— Michaël Delafosse (@MDelafosse) April 29, 2022