Faure, Glucksmann and Hollande, false mates and actual rivals to embody social democracy | EUROtoday

On Wednesday January 14, three males dined collectively in Paris, in a brasserie close to La Bellevilloise, the place the marketing campaign launch assembly of Emmanuel Grégoire, the socialist candidate for Paris City Hall, had simply taken place. Over a drink, the socialist deputy from Landes Boris Vallaud, his colleague from Yvelines Aurélien Rousseau and the European deputy Raphaël Glucksmann talk about the historical past of the left. They evoke Michel Rocard, Léon Blum, Guy Mollet, and the unity of the Socialist Party (PS).

The actual topic of the assembly: the 2027 presidential election. Aurélien Rousseau and Raphaël Glucksmann attempt to persuade Boris Vallaud that the left-wing major by which Olivier Faure is making an attempt to guide the PS is nonsense. And that it’s higher to blow into the sails of one of the best positioned on the left for the second, on this case the Place publique MEP, neck and neck with Jean-Luc Mélenchon (La France insoumise, LFI) within the opinion polls.

Fifteen months earlier than the presidential election, a discreet long-distance race has begun between the contenders of the social-democratic camp for 2027. The broadcast judged to be a failure by Raphaël Glucksmann reverse Eric Zemmour on LCI on November 18, 2025 has whetted the urge for food of the primary secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, who hopes to capitalize on the negotiation carried out with Sébastien Lecornu on the 2026 finance invoice, and strengthened the ambitions by François Hollande, who desires of a “mouse hole” into which to hurry.

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