The French Socialist Party (PS) remains deeply divided over organizing a primary to select a common left-wing candidate for the 2027 presidential election. Olivier Faure, the party's first secretary, will announce the details of this vote on January 24 in Tours, despite internal criticisms. This initiative, launched in July 2025, faces resistance from within the PS and its allies.
The left-wing alliance for the 2027 French presidential election is facing turbulence. The idea of a primary, desired by the Ecologists, socialists, former 'insoumis' from L’Après and Génération.s, was initiated on July 2, 2025, in Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, around Lucie Castets, but without La France insoumise (LFI). However, Olivier Faure's supporters in the PS regularly cool the allies' enthusiasm, refusing to rush into this candidate selection process.
Place Publique, led by Raphaël Glucksmann – seen as a favorite on the left according to polls –, refuses to participate in this primary. Recently, the project nearly collapsed, as Marine Tondelier, the Ecologists' national secretary, expressed during an event at the Grand Palais on January 13, voicing her frustration amid a gathering of right-wing and far-right figures.
Despite these divisions, Olivier Faure will head to Tours on Saturday, January 24, to announce the details of this vote, already criticized by many socialist figures. This announcement comes as the PS hesitates to fully commit, weighing on left-wing unification efforts.
