Overview
- Dozens of left-leaning elected figures launched "Construire 2027" on Saturday to craft a shared platform outside party structures, excluding La France insoumise after sharp criticism of Jean‑Luc Mélenchon.
- The organizers set a goal to finish core proposals by the end of summer through meetings with unions, associations, academics, and local leaders across France.
- They outlined four pillars for the work — social policy, ecology, the Republic, and Europe — and named housing, energy, schools, security, and drug trafficking as early priorities.
- Figures such as Yannick Jadot and Raphaël Glucksmann rejected a leadership primary, saying it would deepen rifts and urging “the project before the person.”
- The plan strains efforts by Socialist and Green leaders to hold a joint primary in the autumn and could entrench splits on the left as they try to offer a credible answer to the far right and daily cost-of-living worries.