Overview
- At a convention in Trappes, organizers confirmed the autumn 2026 primary and opened a first thematic meeting on education to start building a shared platform.
- The exact date and the rules for the primary will be published in the first half of December.
- Jean‑Luc Mélenchon and Raphaël Glucksmann currently decline to participate, creating a risk of parallel candidacies on the left.
- François Ruffin, Clémentine Autain and Marine Tondelier have already declared for the unitary contest.
- The French Communist Party has not integrated into the initiative, and internal Socialist Party debates continue over participation and whether to rally behind the eventual winner.