Separation, but not a fracture. Almost 40,000 branches of the Socialist Party (PS) were re-elected Secretary General Olivier Farah, who exceeded the narrow margin-50.9% of the vote compared with 49.1%, according to the first results, to the mayor of the rune, Nicholas Mayer-Possignol in primary training.
Foret and Mayer-Rossinol repeated the same duel that collided with them two years ago, and led to an explosive congress in Marseille, divided between professionals and anti-napses (new ecological and social-popular union) between Puleszo accusations and violations in the vote of certain federations.
The final results will be ratified in the next Congress in Nancy from June 13 to 15, although this time Mayer-Dossyal recognized the victory of his opponent and publicly congratulated him, which indicates a less stressful congress. Nevertheless, a strict victory of Fore, confirms the important division in the line to follow these party leaders in order to manage the municipal next year.
Since his arrival, Olivier Forethe, General Secretary of General, has been one of the main architects of the last two electoral pacts between progressive parties: NUPES in 2022 and the new popular front in 2024.
“Thanks to the militants who resumed their confidence in me tonight,” Farah told X, learning the results. “As of tomorrow, we will continue the work initiated in 2018 in order to strengthen the impulse with the socialist party attached to the center of the left.”
Fore still supports a wide union of the left, Despite the fact that this time, with the exception of Jean-Luke Menenhon (France Insums), meet the president of 2027, In order to coordinate a unified candidate of progressive forces in the next presidential. He is one of the main defenders of launching the primary process on the left, in which he does not exclude participation and in which they have already announced that the two best left-wing candidates will not be in the examinations: Rafael Glaksmann and Jean-Luke Menenhon himself.
Relations with France Insmis
Mayer-Rossinol, on the other hand, stands for the Great PS, which moves alone, focused on all socialist trends and their visible figures, such as Glurksmann and former Minister Bernard Kazenev. And emphasizes a violation of any connection with the left side of France Insums (LFI).
He received the support of the Anti-Fanat coalition with the majority of the heavy pesos of the party: the president of the Octania region, Carol Delga, the mayor of Saint-Uen, Karim Buamran, but also Francois Holland, Ann Hidalgo or Lionel Jospin. Despite these supports, he could not mobilize enough branches to overthrow his opponent, although the party’s governing bodies will be more divided than before (Fora supporters are no longer a majority in the council and executive branch). In this context, internal resistance can block participation in the primary left process, in which the headlight wants to attract the side.
PS relations with LFI will remain one of the problems of the debate who will plan about the next congress. Despite the fact that he was a great defender of the unit, Fore was distanced in the last months of Melenshon, who did not cease to criticize his excess. Relations were always tense, but the decision of the socialists not to maintain a petition for condemnation against Prime Minister Francois -Bair in February aggravated this tension, and Foret himself openly talks about how “not the Maloshkoonian left”, which, as he believes, “senseless ones became clear”.
But, despite this speech, there are doubts about their intentions regarding municipal elections and possible legislative means. this week I am Mond He attributed to the Fores made in private that they indicate that in the case of the early legislative bodies, he would look for an agreement with LFI. And in the municipal of 2026, he will protect specific agreements, despite the fact that Insum has already begun campaigns to attract large municipalities for PS, as in the case of Montpellier.
Failure in the presidential
During the main campaign, Foret recalled that he reached the direction of the match on the edge of the disappearance in 2018, after the mandate of Francois Hollande (2007-2012). He claims that the PS list in the European elections, headed by Rafael Glouxmann (member of the associated party called Place Publique), was the most voted among progressive forces, ahead of Insumisos and ecologists. In addition, the party retains several large municipalities and that the results of the latest legislative funds almost simultaneously with LFI in the number of deputies.
However, his loungers accuse him of the fact that he is not responsible for the electoral disaster of the president of 2022, in which Anne Idalgo, who pointed to the secretary general for leaving her to her fate, received 1.7% of the vote. And in the face of the next elections to the headquarters of the state, only a few believe that PS can provide a viable candidate for options for the chairman of the country.
In addition, both the party members and observers emphasize that the debate of socialist primary elections were limited by the strategic line without innovative ideas or ideological achievements that could revive the party and left. In order to group half of the French voters in large elections, progressive formations became about 30% in recent major purposes.