Overview

• Aymeric Caron, aligned with LFI, is the only declared candidate to lead the parliamentary commission examining alleged ties between political actors and Islamist networks.
• The leadership vote slated for September 30 was postponed at the request of the Droite républicaine, with some reporting indicating it could be rescheduled for October 7.
• The commission’s mandate, validated in June, tasks it with probing links between political representatives and organizations or networks that support terrorist action or propagate Islamist ideology.
• DR already holds the rapporteur post and cannot take the presidency, and reporting says Laurent Wauquiez had hoped for an RN or UDR contender, with UDR signaling interest but receiving no follow‑up.
• Caron accuses Wauquiez and DR of trying to block his election, while a book by Omar Youssef Souleimane due October 2 is expected to spotlight alleged connections involving several LFI figures.