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Boris Vallaud Declines to Endorse in PS Leadership Runoff

Unir’s unity is preserved to maximize its leverage in governance talks after June 5.

Boris Vallaud, président du groupe socialiste à l’assemblée (ici le 28 janvier 2025) arrivé troisième au premier tour du congrès du Parti socialiste, a annoncé, vendredi 30 mai 2025, laisser la liberté de vote à ses troupes pour le second tour.
Boris Vallaud à l'Assemblée nationale, le 17 mai 2025.
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Overview

  • Vallaud’s Unir current received 17.41% of first-round votes and will leave its members free to choose in the June 5 runoff between Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.
  • In the initial vote, incumbent Olivier Faure led with 42.21% and Rouen mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol followed with 40.38%, underscoring narrow margins.
  • Vallaud says withholding a unified endorsement honors Unir’s diverse membership and is aimed at healing party divisions since Marseille 2023.
  • Unir plans to propose a governance pact to the incoming first secretary that would open the national direction to all internal sensitivities and protect minority voices.
  • The leadership outcome will influence the Socialist Party’s preparations for the 2026 municipal contests and its role in left-wing alliances for the 2027 presidential campaign.