The Socialists call on the rebellious leaders to “break with any hegemonic logic” on the left in view of the legislative elections. Turnaround. After having recorded programmatic convergences with the rebellious, the Socialist Party announces this Friday at midday the “suspension” of negotiations with LFI for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19. “We want to reach an agreement of the whole left and environmentalists”, assures the PS in an internal message. “But to achieve this requires a real shared logic. We must break with any hegemonic logic and accept plurality. At this stage we do not have the guarantee.” The Socialists call “the popular union” carried by Jean- Luc Mélenchon to “provide proof of his desire to initiate new practices”. Retirement at 60, Smic at 1400 euros… With 22% of the votes of Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the presidential election, La France insoumise launched bilateral discussions in particular with EELV, the PCF and the Socialist Party, in order to find an agreement in the legislative elections and give themselves a chance to send the rebellious tribune to Matignon. The management of the PS had taken a step forward on Friday morning, by subscribing in broad outline to the “markers” of the LFI program: increase in the Smic to 1400 euros net per month, retirement at 60, ecological planning, repeal of the El Khomri law (reforming the labor code), Sixth Republic, for example .Part of the socialists refusal e this historic rapprochement with the movement of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, decided last week during a National Council of the PS. Some wonder if the announced suspension of discussions with the rebellious is not “theatrical”, the idea being to pass the pill to those who denounce the PS’s submission to LFI. Perrine Vasque and Marie Gentric with Mathieu Dehlinger with AFP