2027 Presidential Election: Benjamin Lucas-Lundy enters the left-wing primary amid uncertainty within the Socialist Party

This time, it's a member of parliament from Yvelines, a region more accustomed to right-wing parties, who has thrown his hat in the ring. Benjamin Lucas-Lundy, 35, elected for Génération.s in the 8th constituency, announced on May 14th his candidacy for the left-wing and green primary scheduled for October 11th, intended to select a unified front for 2027, excluding La France Insoumise. Having previously been a member of the Socialist Party before joining the movement founded by Benoît Hamon, he says he wants to "carry the cry of anger and the cry of hope of the New Popular Front generation." On TF1, the parliamentarian delivered a carefully crafted message designed to resonate with those anxious about the political landscape: a "panic" fear of the far right coming to power, a promise of a society "free of pesticides" and discrimination, and a professed faith in progress and social justice. The cast is growing: after Marine Tondelier, Clémentine Autain, François Ruffin and Lydie Massard, Lucas-Lundy becomes the fifth to declare himself, with the idea, also, of existing amidst the big machines.

A primary election already weakened by political maneuvering

The problem is that the race may be starting down a slippery slope. The very holding of the primary seems compromised since Boris Vallaud's departure from the leadership of the Socialist Party, an episode revealing a party still unable to decide between collective action and inward-looking reflexes. François Hollande, whose name looms large in discussions about 2027, has already firmly closed the door: "There will be no primary... it's over." The primary resembles a large market where everyone comes to reserve their spot before checking if the tent will even be set up. François Ruffin, for his part, has warned that he will go no matter what, bolstered by "100,000 signatures in 15 days" and already embarking on the quest for the 500 endorsements, with a dig in the process at the Socialist "apparatchiks." The non-Mélenchonist left is looking for a user manual, caught between nostalgia for past primaries and fear of repeating the same divisions, while the calendar is ticking and the election is waiting for no one.