Ils saw him as a king’s maker. Boris Vallaud, who arrived third in the first round of the Congress of the Socialist Party, leaves freedom to vote for his troops to choose, in the second round, between the first outgoing secretary Olivier Faure and the mayor of Rouen Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, announced his current in a press release.
The current of the head of socialist deputies who obtained 17.41% of the votes behind his two competitors – which does not allow him to maintain himself for the second round – Do not take a general position.
“We will not all make the same choice on June 5 for the vote on the first national secretary,” he said, because some of his supporters are from Olivier Faure camp and others from the Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol camp. “Within UNIR (The current name), We come from different stories And we cherish our diversity which is our strength, ”added the press release.
Activists free to express themselves
His current also leaves his activists the freedom to express himself on a personal basis, said the elected official of Lot Rémi Branco, one of the relatives of Boris Vallaud. The latter told his troops that it was possible that he would take a stand, but personally, said those around him.
The deputy of the Landes, who placed himself as a candidate for the “reconciliation” of the party, fractured since the previous fratricidal congress of Marseille in 2023, intends to preserve the unit of its currentbut also that of the PS. With this first vote, “no guidance text will have an absolute majority in our bodies, joint work will necessarily become the rule,” said the press release.
The members of UNIR say they are convinced that the PS will be able to “this summer prepare the municipal elections” of 2026 and “the presidential election, in order to occupy a central place in a joint campaign of the left of (Raphaël) Glucksmann in (François) Ruffin”.
