Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the candidate of the La France insoumise (LFI) party for the 2027 presidential election, is set to hold a major meeting in Le Havre, a city in the Seine-Maritime department, on Sunday, December 5. This event was announced by LFI to the French news agency AFP on Thursday, October 8. Le Havre is currently under the leadership of Édouard Philippe, a former prime minister and current mayor of the city, who is a political rival of Mélenchon. This will be the third major meeting of the autumn for Mélenchon, following a gathering in Clermont-Ferrand on October 11 and a large "convention" in Boulogne-Billancourt on November 7, where LFI plans to present its political program. Each of these events is strategically timed to respond to key opponents of the LFI party. The meeting in Clermont-Ferrand is scheduled the day after a meeting by Gabriel Attal, the current French minister of education and a prominent figure in the government aligned with President Emmanuel Macron. Similarly, the Boulogne-Billancourt convention is planned two weeks after the congress of the Rassemblement national (RN), a far-right political party in France. Manuel Bompard, the national coordinator of LFI, explained to AFP that the party's main political adversaries are "macronism" — the political ideology associated with President Macron — and the far right. He added that the meeting in Le Havre is intended to directly challenge Édouard Philippe, who is the mayor of the city. During the 2022 presidential election, Mélenchon achieved a notable result in Le Havre, securing 30.17% of the votes in the first round. This performance highlights the city's significance in the context of the upcoming election and underscores the strategic importance of holding a major event there. The choice of Le Havre as a meeting location reflects LFI's effort to engage with voters in a region where they previously made a strong impression and where their opponent currently holds political power.