He arrived at the top of the first round of the Congress of the Socialist Party, on Tuesday, May 27, Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, he set out to conquer the votes of the third man, Boris Vallaud
According to the provisional results, which must be consolidated during the day by a memory commission, the first outgoing secretary Olivier Faure arrived slightly at the top of the first round with about 42% of the votes, against the mayor of Rouen Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.
Therefore, the two men will compete for the second round, scheduled for June 5, and the head of the deputies of PS, Boris Vallaud, who arrived third, with 17 to 20% of the votes, becomes the referee of this duel, only their voices allowed the two opponents to be most within the party authorities.
All claim their proximity to Boris Vallaud
The deputy of Londes, who placed himself as a candidate for the “reconciliation” of the party, fractured from the previous fratricidal congress of Marseille in 2023, has not yet been expressed in his intentions, but had to bring his troops on Wednesday night by videoconference, they told those around him.
Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, each immediately claimed his proximity to Boris Vallaud, who supported Olivier Faure in the previous congress.
“I will try to gather all the socialists beyond their sensibilities and, of course, at the forefront of which, Boris. Because for seven years, we have undertaken everything together and that we share the same design,” said Olivier Faure to AFP, urging Boris Valalaud to “unite” to a new direction. “
Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol affirms a debate
Shortly before, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol had launched a similar appeal in RTL, hoping that Landes’ Eurodiputee integrates his “management collective”, to “forge a dream team.”
Making sure to be on the shoulder with Olivier Faure, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol and two members of his teams, the mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin Hélène Geoffroy and the deputy of Eure Philippe Brun, said, during a press conference, that the militants had requested “a change of guidance” of the part and that “the opposition line was now a majority.”
They also asked for a debate with Olivier Faure, as Boris Vallaud wanted before the first round, which the first secretary had rejected. “I will answer this request in due time,” he replied.
“We asked for a convergence with Boris,” Philippe Brun insisted, pointing to his common points. For the presidential elections, the main theme of this Congress, “Boris offers a socialist candidate before an” to the rest of the left “, like us,” he added.
Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol defends “the socialist statement”, and advocates the creation of a great socialist party (a “GPS”) adding “those who are in the PS and those who are outside”, such as Raphaël Glucksmann, Benoît Hamon or Bernard Cazeneuve. From this confederation a social democratic candidate for 2027 will emerge, which will then discuss with the other leftist partners, with the exception of LFI.
Olivier Faure wants a union on the left, not mythonist
Olivier Faure, at the head of the PS since 2018, is defended by the union of the non -melenchonist who went to the 2027 presidential elections, with the establishment of a programmatic platform that goes from the leader of the public place Raphaël Glucksanan to the former deputy of LFI François Ruffin, with a vision of a joint candidacy.
Boris Vallaud advocates “a two -step process”, which goes through “the affirmation of the socialists”: cardinal value of the opponents of Olivier Faure who have reproached him for a long time to depend on LFI -and “an open process in front of the left ‘of Glucksmann to Ruffin’, the formula of Olivier Faure.
Philippe Brun also stressed that, like Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, Boris Vallaud wanted to put “the PS at work”, and that he wanted an internal training school, like the one Philippe Brun created.
In the Boris Vallaud camp, he emphasized before the first round that the head of the deputies cannot decide for one of the two candidates. The fact is that their supporters are mostly former supporters of Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol or Olivier Faure, who may be eager to return to their original line.
“Many have told me ‘from May 27, support Olivier Faure'”, so recently a relative of the first secretary, and also emphasized that “everything Boris offers, we will recover.”
Source: BFM TV
