Socialist Party Congress: Olivier Faure promises to "unite" his political family after internal campaign divisions

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He wants to "turn the tables" on the "reactionary international." Having just been re-elected as head of the Socialist Party on Friday, June 6, Olivier Faure assured on TF1 that he wanted to "bring together [his] political family," after several months of campaigning that exposed deep internal divisions, but also "bring together the left and the ecologists." The first secretary also promised that his party would "return to the French people" and "reconcile the French in a country that is so fractured."

Earlier in the day, the Socialist Party confirmed that Olivier Faure had been re-elected as first secretary with 50.9% of the votes cast against 49.1% for his rival , the mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, "after a close vote" open to the 40,000 members.

The Socialist Party is not closing the door on La France Insoumise. "No global agreement is possible today," but "on a case-by-case basis, in a certain number of constituencies or municipal elections, if the National Rally is likely to win, yes, there will be a collective discussion" for new electoral agreements with LFI, declared Johanna Rolland, the first deputy secretary of the Socialist Party, very close to Olivier Faure, on Public Sénat, Friday, June 6. One thing is nevertheless "absolutely clear" for the mayor of Nantes: "No socialist wants to run the presidential campaign behind Jean-Luc Mélenchon."

The final results were ratified at the congress. This was held in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) from June 13 to 15. "Thank you to the activists who have renewed their trust in me," Olivier Faure wrote on X. "We will continue the work started in 2018 to amplify the momentum, with a Socialist Party anchored at the heart of the left ," he added, saluting Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol and "those who supported him."