Socialist Party first secretary Olivier Faure announced that party members will vote by July 9 at the latest on the 2027 presidential strategy, including the question of a primary.
A proponent of a competition to select a single candidate from the non-insoumise left, Olivier Faure remains determined to propose a strategy uniting figures from Ruffin to Glucksmann, according to his entourage. Socialist Party members will be called to decide on the matter by July 9.
At this stage, Marine Tondelier, Clémentine Autain, François Ruffin and Benjamin Lucas-Lundy have declared candidacy for a primary scheduled for October 11. Raphaël Glucksmann has not joined.
Within the PS, this path lacks consensus. Boris Vallaud, head of the socialist deputies, left the party leadership, deeming the process counterproductive without Glucksmann.
One idea floated to resolve the impasse is a double primary: the first among PS members and Glucksmann, with the winner then facing the rest of the democratic and ecological left.
