France, Glucksmann wins the Social Democratic primaries

A very clear statement

Proponent of a line of rupture with the radical left of Jean Luc Mélenchon (La France Insoumise), Glucksmann won with 66.13% of the votes (79,613 preferences out of 120,587 voters), leaving clearly behind him the main challenger, the socialist secretary Olivier Faure (PS), who collected just 17,398 votes (equal to 14.48%) and saw his proposal widely rejected line of union of the left hand. The other three candidates, Ségolène Royal, Jérôme Guedj and Emmanuel Maurel, all obtained less than 10%.

Europeanist and pro-Ukraine

Profoundly pro-European and opposed to any alliance with Jean-Luc Mélenchon's radical left, Glucksmann, 46, has also distinguished himself in recent years of work in the European Parliament for his strenuous defense of Ukraine before Russia and in his denunciation of unfair Chinese competition and Beijing's repression against the Uyghur minority.

"Our real opponent is the far right"

"Our real opponent is the far right and we will unite to lead the fight": Raphael Glucksmann said this during his speech after his triumph in the Social Democratic primaries in view of the race for the Elysée in 2027. The 46-year-old MEP and founder of Place Publique then launched an appeal for unity to "prevent the Trumpians, the Putinians, the xenophobes and the demagogues from taking over the République".

Ségolène Royale: "Disappointed, I will support the winner by left alliance"

Glucksmann has already received confirmation of Ségolène Royal's support. The former minister and candidate for the Elysée in 2007 said she was "very disappointed" at having stopped at just 7.62% of the votes in the primaries but assured that she would stick to the candidates' charter that she signed together with the others: "Obviously I will support whoever won the primaries tonight. As long as a union of the left-wing forces is achieved. I will contribute with all my strength to this rapprochement. It is the first time that the Socialist Party does not have its own official candidate, with the party's brand. We need to compensate for this situation with a union of forces." Royale, however, denies that his support is conditional but "a support that recalls the commitments undertaken to participate in these primaries", those of "uniting the left", looking in particular at the "Communist Party and the Greens", "before turning to the centre". And La France Insoumise? "I'm already on the election campaign and I'm very far ahead," he observes.