Presidential 2027: Socialists Choose a Closed Primary and Disavow Olivier Faure
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The members of the Socialist Party, in the same vote, buried the left-wing primary and paved the way for a nomination of Raphaël Glucksmann or François Hollande for the presidential election. As a minority leader of a party on the brink of implosion, Olivier Faure refused to resign for the moment.
French politician Segolene Royal, a former candidate for the 2007 presidential elections, announced Friday that she will participate in the Socialist Party's primary elections, in an attempt to become the candidate for the 2027 presidential election, thus marking her return to the race for the presidency of France after nearly two decades.
French President: Ségolène Royal, unfortunate candidate in the 2007 elections, announced his participation in a Socialist Party primary.
Ségolène Royal — an unfortunate candidate in the 2007 French presidential election and former minister — created surprise on Friday when he announced his participation in a Socialist party primary to try his luck again as a candidate in 2027.
In France, after months of procrastination and internal disagreements exposed to the general public, the Socialist Party took a first step towards the presidential election of 2027. On Thursday 9 July, its activists decided on the strategy they wanted to see implemented for the election. They chose the option of a closed primary that was not the one desired by Olivier Faure, the first secretary of the formation.
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