Presidential 2027: the Non-Melenchonist Left Prepares His Way to the Elysée
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Gathered around Lucie Castets, Olivier Faure, Marine Tondelier, Clémentine Autain and François Ruffin have taken on the "principle of a process for appointing a common candidate".The modalities must be validated by December for a nomination of candidate between May and October 2026.

The senior official who had chosen the left for Matignon at the end of the legislative elections gathered the left this Wednesday in Bagneux (Hautes-de-Seine) to fix the modalities for appointing a single candidate for the next presidential election.
The absence of Glucksmann and Mélenchon on his appointment to unite the left with the next presidential election illustrates the difficulty of the task ahead of Lucie Castets.
Many figures call for a vote of left-wing sympathizers to choose a unitary candidate for the presidential, but the limits of this method of selection are known.
ANALYSIS - The two suitors assume the cleavage of the "two irreconcilable lefts." To the great dismay of those who plead for a common candidacy.
Olivier Faure, Marine Tondelier, François Ruffin and Clémentine Autain consider a primary for 2027, but unity remains fragile in the face of the refusal of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Raphaël Glucksmann and divisions
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