Overview
- At a national rally in Aubervilliers, LFI confirmed plans to compete in about 500 communes, covering roughly 75% of towns with more than 30,000 inhabitants.
- The party is putting forward high-profile deputies as lead candidates in major cities, including Sophia Chikirou in Paris, Sébastien Delogu in Marseille and Nathalie Oziol in Montpellier.
- Leaders say they will run independent lists in most municipalities and propose second-round fusions wherever they finish first or first among the left.
- Manuel Bompard presents success as winning municipal councillors, with two or three mayoralties seen as a strong performance and credible targets identified in Roubaix, La Courneuve and Évry.
- LFI links a larger pool of councillors to greater influence in the 2026 and 2029 senatorial elections, as Socialist and Green rivals warn that separate left lists could benefit the right.