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Greens Rally French Left in Strasbourg to Push a 2027 Unity Primary

Mélenchon and Glucksmann have not joined, leaving the project uncertain.

KAK 21/08/2025
Jean-Luc Mélenchon lors des «Amfis» de LFI, le 21 août 2025.
La patronne des Ecologistes, Marine Tondelier, à Strasbourg jeudi.
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Overview

  • Les Écologistes gathered a broad cast in Strasbourg, including PS leader Olivier Faure, communist and Place Publique representatives, ex‑Insoumis figures and Insoumise MP Alma Dufour.
  • Party chief Marine Tondelier vowed to keep pressing for a single ticket and said the Greens will put forward a strong bid in a planned primary.
  • Most parties present signaled they will vote to censure Prime Minister François Bayrou during the 2026 budget debate.
  • Jean‑Luc Mélenchon and Raphaël Glucksmann continue to reject a unitary process as LFI holds its separate Amfis in the Drôme, where Mélenchon began his appearances with a theoretical talk.
  • The push builds on a July Bagneux accord to agree candidate‑selection rules by end‑2025 and choose a nominee between May and October 2026, with local frictions ahead of the 2026 municipal contests still unresolved.