Former President François Hollande has told the newspaper La Montagne that he will be a candidate in the first constituency of Corrèze for the legislative elections on 30 June and 7 July. The Socialist, who has expressed his support for the New Popular Front, made the announcement on Saturday 15 June

According to the daily, François Hollande will run for the Socialist Party with the support of the New Popular Front. However, our information indicates that the PS had initially invested Bernard Combes, and not Hollande.

This afternoon, the Socialist federation of Corrèze announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it had invested François Hollande for the legislative elections. “The Corrèze federation has chosen François Hollande as its candidate in the 1901 constituency allocated to the Socialist Party,” it said.

In a statement issued later, the party finally “took note” of the former president’s candidacy, following the choice of the Corrèze federation.

François Hollande said on TF1 on Thursday that he was “in favour” of the New Popular Front alliance, asserting that left-wing unity was essential. Faced with the far right, “we go beyond our differences”, he said.

Hollande also expressed his support for the Popular Front formed by LFI, PS, ecologists and communists, insisting on a European orientation, France’s presence in NATO, and recognition that Hamas committed a “terrorist act” on 7 October.

François Hollande has long-standing links with Corrèze, where he was MP for the first constituency from 1997 to 2012, President of the General Council from 2008 to 2012, and Mayor of Tulle from 2001 to 2008.