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On Feb 9, 2026

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The first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, during the national convention launching the PS campaign for the municipal elections, at the Maison de la Mutualité, in Paris, February 8, 2026. — The first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, in the course of the nationwide conference launching the PS marketing campaign for the municipal elections, on the Maison de la Mutualité, in Paris, February 8, 2026.

A return to fundamentals, to push back unhealthy luck? The Socialist Party (PS) had not set foot within the Maison de la Mutualité within the 5^edistrict of Paris since January 2017, and the launch of Benoît Hamon’s marketing campaign for the presidential election. A painful reminiscence. Nine years later, Sunday February 8, the occasion re-occupied the premises for a nationwide conference to launch the marketing campaign for the municipal elections.

More than 2,000 prime candidates – a document – have been designated for this deadline. The first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, hopes to place it into orbit for the occasion’s presidential marketing campaign for 2027. On Sunday, a scent of sacred union reigns within the room. Despite just a few empty rows, 1,200 activists and supporters, principally Parisians and Ile-de-France residents, made the journey.

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