Cédric Brun has dramatically left La France Insoumise, denouncing an infiltration of non-republican profiles within the party. This split revives accusations of communalism against LFI less than four months before the municipal elections. The issue centers on Denain in the Nord region, where suspicions surround an LFI-linked list.
Less than four months before the 2026 municipal elections, La France Insoumise (LFI) faces an internal crisis. Cédric Brun, a local figure of the movement in the Hauts-de-France region, has slammed the door on the regional LFI group where he had sat since his election in June 2021. A former CGT unionist at PSA, he accuses the Mélenchonist party of a "strategy of infiltration" and "entryism by the Muslim Brotherhood," both nationally and locally.
The controversy is particularly intense in Denain, a town in the Nord department with over 20,000 inhabitants on the outskirts of Valenciennes. It was there that Brun carried the LFI label during the 2024 legislative elections following the dissolution of the National Assembly. The first warning sign for him was the creation of an LFI-linked list, suspected of opening "the door to worrying profiles." Outraged by these "non-republican profiles," Brun has revived accusations of communalism against LFI in an interview with La Voix du Nord.
This affair highlights internal tensions within the Insoumis as the party prepares its nominations for the municipals. No contradictions have been noted in the available sources, though the main article is partially inaccessible to non-subscribers.