For 2027, Olivier Faure evokes the « possibility » of a primary to designate « a common candidate of the left and environmentalists » – Liberation
The boss of the PS, Olivier Faure, assured on Saturday June 7 that« There will be a common candidate from the left and environmentalists » for the presidential election of 2027, claiming that his designation by a primary was the« One of the possibilities », in an interview at La Tribune on Sunday.
While he had already advocated a joint candidacy ranging from the leader in public square, Raphaël Glucksmannto the former LFI François RuffinOlivier Faure notes that the latter « Emitted the idea of a primary » :: « It’s one of the possibilities », he considered.
« We must reach a process of common designation », adds the deputy of Seine-et-Marne, according to whom « This must go beforehand through a common programmatic platform ».
About Glucksmann, who said he does not wish to participate in a primary, Olivier Faure estimates that « No one can say “I decide to move forward without trying to gather the left and the environmentalists»».
« The subject is not to take personal risks, it is to make risks take up risks and millions of French and French directly threatened by the arrival of the extreme right in power », he observes.
Olivier Faure was re -elected on the wire At the head of the Socialist Party on Friday by collecting 50.9 % of the votes of the militants expressed.
Asked about the will of his opponent, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol (49.1 %), to submit a social democratic candidacy for the 2027 presidential election, the first renewed secretary estimates that « This question was decided » and is « Now behind us: the congresses are used for that ». And warn: « No one can take responsibility for ending up with four or five leftist candidates on the starting line. »
