Overview
- The Front populaire 2027 coalition confirmed a primary in autumn 2026 to select a unified 2027 candidate, with the precise timetable and modalities to be unveiled in the first half of December.
- Jean‑Luc Mélenchon and Raphaël Glucksmann have refused to participate and the French Communist Party has not joined the process at this stage.
- Three contenders are already declared: François Ruffin, Clémentine Autain and Marine Tondelier, while Socialist leader Olivier Faure has not yet decided whether to run.
- The effort opened with a thematic convention on education in Trappes to begin building a common platform, with further sessions planned on industry, employment and international issues.
- In a parallel initiative, Bernard Cazeneuve hosted a Pontoise meeting with Glucksmann to regroup social‑democrats, as LFI’s Éric Coquerel labeled the primary “a machine to lose” and said LFI will field its own candidate.