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00:30And we were not disappointed, we did not wait long to have a double vote
01:00real right-wing measures. We didn't have to wait long to see the rights of pensioners and workers unraveled
01:09and then to make the usual targets of rights, to make unions and mutual societies the recurring enemies
01:20and we didn't wait long to see that public services are not good, they cost money
01:26Yet it has helped a lot, as the previous speaker pointed out, during all the crises we have experienced.
01:34I said to the five governments of the right because the election took place and one party succeeded in a refoundation,
01:44I'm talking about the committed ones, but they also managed to betray their voters in record time.
01:51because they present themselves as center, center left, center right, but they only adopt negative right-wing measures
01:59for society and progressives and I think that in the coming months, this will be an important message to get across.
02:09So, dear comrades, if you are taking too long, I think that this government has nevertheless achieved something.
02:15Perhaps this may surprise you, but I think the federal government has achieved something.
02:19They may have broken the world record for the number of people on the streets over the number of days they were in place.
02:27Because we no longer count the social bodies that are in the street.
02:30Unions are normal, mutual insurance companies are normal, but we also have railway workers who have taken to the streets,
02:40teachers, CPS who are on strike, police officers, I even went to the central office to meet the DAP,
02:51make the military even rarer, and me who in my first life I was a lawyer,
02:57to tell you that before the courts move and go on strike, something has to happen.
03:01Magistrates, members of the public prosecutor's office, if there are still some, there will be other social bodies as well.
03:08So at least we are taken back a few decades, to the Martens-Gaulle governments,
03:15I think they are beating their bodies.
03:17All this to tell you that it is necessary to reform society,
03:22It is necessary to be able to be careful with budgets.
03:26But when you govern, it is important to decide, but you cannot govern alone,
03:31you cannot govern against the people, you cannot govern against the workers,
03:37and today, what is happening is that governments are governing in rupture,
03:43in the social breakdown, and which make our country divided.
03:48I promise not to be too long, the third idea that I wanted to convey to you,
03:51It's a bit like making the connection with what we say regularly.
03:56And I think I said last year.
03:59Last year, I think some of us, some of the speakers,
04:04and in discussing with you, at the beginning, we said that we were worried about the rise of populism.
04:13We can clearly see that the world is changing, we can clearly see that populism is taking over,
04:19that they have some victories.
04:22In Hungary, it is more than populism that is in power.
04:27In Türkiye, the same.
04:30In France, they are at the gates of power,
04:34and let's talk a little about our country,
04:37Vlaams Belang is not doing too badly in terms of voting intentions.
04:42Today it's more about worry,
04:45it is disbelief, because,
04:48you know it as well as I do,
04:49about a month ago,
04:50in the largest country in the world,
04:53there is someone who borders on the extreme right,
04:55if he is not the extreme right,
04:57But it was Donald Trump who changed the world order.
05:00Every day, not a moment passes
05:03without having a decision that derails,
05:08which destabilizes the planet,
05:10and so, somewhere, all this,
05:12I think we've moved beyond worry,
05:16and so, in a way, all this makes our blood run cold,
05:20but that's not why we're resigned.
05:23That's another idea.
05:24I also wanted to tell you that,
05:28despite this,
05:30It is important that we can say to ourselves
05:34that all this is not immutable,
05:36that it is not because we are in a context which is complicated,
05:40that all this is set in stone,
05:42and that the progressives we represent
05:44no longer exist.
05:47However,
05:48I also want to say things that I feel,
05:53when we are in a society like ours,
05:56so I promised,
05:57I said to myself, we talk about it, we don't talk about it,
05:59but when you do like Mr. Boucher,
06:02president of the MR who presents well,
06:04always with his little t-shirt,
06:05never drink a beer,
06:08but it does a lot of damage,
06:11he does a lot of damage,
06:13Why ?
06:13Because he achieved something,
06:15He managed to rule by dividing.
06:19It's as old as the hills,
06:20it's Machiavelli,
06:20but he succeeded.
06:23Why did he succeed?
06:24Because today,
06:27the poor worker
06:28no longer worries about knowing more
06:30why he is not paid
06:32more than 14 euros an hour,
06:35why his boss
06:37does not give him good conditions,
06:40he doesn't worry anymore
06:41dividends that his company makes,
06:43he is worried because
06:44his unemployed neighbor does nothing
06:47and that it is supposedly him
06:49let him pay for it.
06:51He is worried because there is
06:52too many social security recipients,
06:54because there is
06:55too many long-term patients.
06:58So, be good account,
06:59there may be abuse,
07:01and that's for sure.
07:02And that, we must be able to
07:04fight him,
07:05we must be able to say
07:06that very last public
07:08must be used well.
07:10but the evil of society
07:11does not end up there,
07:14does not find itself
07:15in social fraud.
07:17The evil of society
07:18finds himself in unfairness.
07:20You know,
07:20when the federal government
07:21decides on one side
07:23that we will hunt down
07:24social fraud
07:25and that in parallel,
07:28we are making a new tax amnesty
07:30for the big fortunes,
07:32I can't find
07:32that it is very fair
07:33and I think that
07:34This is a very bad message.
07:35So, if we continue
07:37to divide society,
07:40to divide people,
07:42I believe that, unfortunately,
07:44the right extract
07:44is a breeding ground.
07:46And I haven't said it yet
07:47than the unemployed
07:49or the social security recipient
07:50find all these words
07:51in, unfortunately,
07:52those who are forced
07:53to leave their country,
07:56that is to say, the foreigner.
07:57Remember
07:58that we are always
07:58someone's stranger
08:00and so, today,
08:02I think that
08:03we must make sure
08:04that the progressives
08:06that we are
08:06can carry
08:08these values.
08:10Before closing,
08:12I wanted to tell you
08:12also,
08:13Dear comrades,
08:15that for me,
08:15all this is not written
08:17in marble,
08:18there is no inevitability.
08:20All this is not written
08:21in advance.
08:23When we take the time
08:24to speak
08:24with our fellow citizens,
08:27we realize
08:28that more than ever,
08:30our company
08:31needs fairness,
08:33need for social justice,
08:36need for progress.
08:39So, these values,
08:40they are the most beautiful
08:42and I believe that
08:44only our party
08:45still embodies them.
08:47I know that the years to come
08:48will be complicated,
08:51I know that
08:52you are here
08:53from year to year,
08:54but I believe that
08:55the years to come
08:56are years
08:57which are important
08:59beyond us.
09:01Important beyond us
09:02because they are going to be
09:03made of fights
09:04in parliaments,
09:06they will be made
09:08of claims
09:09in the street,
09:11of power relations
09:12that we will not vote again
09:14that in four and a half years
09:15and five years.
09:17And I believe that by then,
09:18it is absolutely necessary
09:19than those who have
09:20desire for progress
09:21of social justice
09:23may unite,
09:25can make sure
09:26to counterbalance
09:27what happens.
09:29We cannot,
09:30each other,
09:31let it unravel
09:33what our predecessors
09:35have built
09:36over decades.
09:37a company
09:38cannot go
09:39than forward,
09:40she can't
09:41to see oneself unraveled
09:42as we see it
09:43Today.
09:44And then sort of,
09:47I think so too
09:48that we must do it
09:49not for ourselves,
09:51not for what it represents
09:52EPS,
09:53but because we
09:54we represent people.
09:56We represent
09:57those who are forgotten
09:59by the federal government,
10:01those who are mistreated.
10:03we can talk,
10:04we mentioned
10:04single-parent families,
10:08those who are today
10:09invisible.
10:10When I was a minister
10:11housing,
10:13we were talking about poverty,
10:14we were talking about homeless people,
10:16we were talking about poor housing.
10:19Today,
10:19all these notions
10:20have disappeared
10:21and for all these audiences,
10:24I think we should not
10:25not give up the fight.
10:27SO,
10:28in conclusion,
10:29comrades,
10:30Dear friends,
10:32I think that
10:33society has more than ever
10:34need us,
10:36more than ever
10:37need for progressive forces
10:39who keep values,
10:42more than ever
10:43need for fairness,
10:46of social justice,
10:48and this year,
10:50I even want to
10:50to add a term to you,
10:52of freedom.
10:54I will finish
10:54my intervention
10:56by a quote
10:58which is from Victorio,
11:01who says this,
11:02and honestly,
11:03I think we're there.
11:05Let's save freedom,
11:07freedom
11:07save the rest.
11:09Long live the PS,
11:11long live the first,
11:12Long live social progress.
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