Overview
- The PS set a goal of being declared the overall winner after the second round, presenting itself as the leading force in the municipal elections.
- Secretary-general Pierre Jouvet said the party will field about 2,000 heads of list nationwide.
- The party cited its current base of roughly 1,200 mayors and control of about a quarter of cities with more than 20,000 residents.
- First-round slates are largely aligned with the Greens and the Communists, while selective second-round agreements with LFI are described as possible in certain cities.
- The PS pledged to call to defeat the far right in second-round contests and listed priorities to defend Paris, Marseille, Montpellier and Lille while targeting Saint-Étienne, Limoges, Amiens and Toulouse.