The president of the Socialist group in the National Assembly, Boris Vallaud, announced his departure from the leadership of the Socialist Party, further accentuating the internal divisions around Olivier Faure and the party's strategy for the 2027 presidential election.
In a letter addressed to the Socialist Party's first secretary, Boris Vallaud's supporters denounced a "strategy of isolation" and what they considered an overly top-down party structure. The Vallaud camp specifically criticized Olivier Faure for governing "without dialogue" or "seeking compromise."
A new rift weakens the Socialist Party
The departure goes beyond just the leader of the socialist deputies: several of his supporters are also leaving the national leadership of the PS, further weakening the internal balance of the party a few months after the 2025 socialist congress. Boris Vallaud had finished third there before playing a key role in the close re-election of Olivier Faure against Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.
The split also concerns the strategy for 2027. Olivier Faure defends the idea of a primary of part of the left, while Boris Vallaud opposes it and argues instead for a broad coalition going "from Ruffin to Glucksmann".
Long considered an ally of Olivier Faure within the rising generation of the Socialist Party, Boris Vallaud had become in recent months one of the party's key stabilizing figures. His departure marks a new stage in the crisis facing the Socialists, already divided over their alliances with La France Insoumise and the stance to adopt in the face of the reshaping of the left.
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