Olivier Faure refuses to allow the Socialist Party to enter into a "permanent polemic" with the rest of the left.

On Sunday, June 15, the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, deplored the fact that some in his party wanted to make the Socialist Party congress "a referendum for or against LFI," believing that "a large socialist party does not stoop to permanent polemics" with the rest of the left.

"While the far right is on the verge of power (...) some here are determined to make this congress a referendum for or against LFI," he stressed in his closing speech, an allusion to his opponent Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol , seated in the front row. "As long as their sole obsession is LFI, they will only bear witness to the psychological domination that the radical left exercises over them."

While the movement of Rouen mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol announced on Sunday morning that he would not be holding a meeting with the leadership, citing Olivier Faure's lack of clarity regarding La France Insoumise in the event of early legislative elections, Mr. Faure assured that he did not question "every morning what Jean-Luc Mélenchon says, thinks, or tweets."

"A major socialist party does not stoop to permanent polemics with the left (...), a major socialist party speaks to the entire left, to all its voters, without making any selections."

The Socialist leader reiterated that there would be "no national agreement" with La France Insoumise in the next municipal elections and that for the presidential election, he wanted a single candidate "ranging from Ruffin to Glucksmann, from Autain to Tondelier, from the Socialists to the Ecologists or the Communists."

Despite the disagreements, he told members of Mr. Mayer-Rossignol's faction that "the door to leadership was open to them." "I demand only one condition: respect the majority and respect the strategic line adopted by this congress," he said, after being re-elected as party leader with 51.15% of the vote.

Olivier Faure also extended his hand to Boris Vallaud , the third-ranking member of the congress, believing that it was possible to find "a path with him, within the framework of a governance pact." He promised to take up his concept of "decommodification" of society.

"I am convinced that there is a basis for a new leadership to be established by the national council on July 1," he assured.

Regretting that it had not been "possible to build the unity contract" that it had wanted, Boris Vallaud's movement indicated in a press release, after Mr. Faure's speech, that it would continue discussions with him.