Olivier Faure announces his candidacy for the primary of the social democratic left

The primary of the social democratic left is in full swing. Sunday evening, the first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, announced his candidacy for the presidential election by submitting to this preselection organized by his party. He declared himself on TF1’s “20 Heures”, exactly one week after Raphaël Glucksmann, on the same set. The socialist wants to set up the duel with the big favorite of the vote, which will take place online on October 9-10 and 16-17.

He is already the fifth candidate declared in this primary. Socialist deputies Philippe Brun and Jérôme Guedj announced their ambitions several weeks ago, as did Ségolène Royal. The septuagenarian wants to make this deadline a springboard to return to the center of the game, twenty years after her qualification for the second round of the presidential election against Nicolas Sarkozy. Other personalities could still launch between now and September 15, the closing date set by the organizers