PCF
PCF leader Fabien Roussel rejected on Sunday on LCI La France insoumise's call for a joint candidacy in the 2027 presidential election. He called Jean-Luc Mélenchon the « worst second-round candidate » and cited a break due to municipal elections. Roussel favors discussing concrete measures amid the current oil shock.
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In the Somme department, once dotted with communist strongholds, PCF-affiliated mayors are now few and far between amid economic decline and the rise of the Rassemblement national. In Woincourt, Mayor Arnaud Petit laments the nighttime posting of an RN poster, a sign of mounting pressure on left-wing bastions. Aging militants and a lack of successors make political survival precarious ahead of the 2026 elections.