Overview

• Olivier Faure is due to be formally renewed as first secretary after securing 50.9% in a tight May 5 internal vote.
• PS delegates are debating a national alliance with LFI for the 2026 municipal elections in the face of deep internal divisions.
• Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol demands that all strategic decisions, including alliances and the presidential candidate selection, be submitted to a militant vote.
• Faure has ruled out any nationwide agreement with LFI for municipal polls and rejected aligning with Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s presidential campaign.
• The congress outcome will determine whether the PS adopts a joint left platform with figures like Raphaël Glucksmann and François Ruffin for the 2027 presidential election.