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Overview
- On Thursday the left opened its summer universities with La France insoumise holding large meetings in the Drôme and the Ecologistes meeting in Grenoble to launch the 2027 campaign season.
- La France insoumise is mobilizing behind Jean‑Luc Mélenchon, who leads left‑wing polling at about 15% and will close LFI’s Amfis with a major speech.
- Marine Tondelier has defended an autonomous Green candidacy while urging talks with other left parties, but several elected Ecologistes attended LFI events showing clear internal splits.
- Raphaël Glucksmann is preparing a social‑democratic challenge and a restricted PS/Place publique primary is scheduled for mid‑October to pick a common candidate.
- LFI is using its polling edge to press the Greens to join Mélenchon and has warned that refusal could endanger legislative pacts for Green deputies while coverage varies with some outlets stressing unity efforts and others highlighting party fractures.