Overview
- The party holds a two-day primary on Friday and Saturday, with about 140,000 eligible voters and five candidates: Olivier Faure, Raphaël Glucksmann, Ségolène Royal, Jérôme Guedj and Emmanuel Maurel.
- Olivier Faure has argued that Raphaël Glucksmann represents a 'centrist' option that would amount to the PS being erased from the presidential contest.
- Raphaël Glucksmann has replied that he will be the Parti socialiste candidate and says he is backed by senior PS figures including Boris Vallaud and Patrick Kanner plus regional presidents and many local militants.
- The campaign has centered on sharp attacks over past political moves and alliances, with rivals pointing to Glucksmann’s liberal past and Ségolène Royal’s 2017 support for Macron to question legitimacy.
- The primary carries existential stakes for the PS because the outcome could reshape its 2027 alliances, either pushing the party back toward cooperation with ecologists, communists and ex-Insoumis or toward a more independent, centrist path.