Presidential 2027: “I am ready to face the violence of this campaign”, declares Raphaël Glucksmann after his large victory in the primary

Crowned with his large victory, Sunday October 11, in the primary of the social democratic left, Raphaël Glucksmann must now appease and bring together a divided political family and continue the dynamic which has just started. “I feel an immense responsibility,” reacted the leader of Place publique, Monday October 12, on France Inter. “I measure the gravity” of the “historical” moment we are going through. “I am ready to face the violence of this campaign,” he added, after being doused with rice and flour the previous evening. Raphaël Glucksmann deplored a “recurring” climate, asking Jean-Luc Mélenchon to “disavow his supporters [who] attack”. Follow our live stream.

• Raphaël Glucksmann victorious in the left-wing primary. The leader of Place publique won the first round in the primary of the social-democratic left on Sunday and promised to "bring together the democratic left" to "beat the extreme right" in the presidential election. With more than 66% of the votes (79,613 votes), he succeeded in winning in the first round, far ahead of Olivier Faure, the boss of the Socialist Party.

• The draft budget for Social Security in the Assembly. The deputies begin Monday in committee the examination of the draft Social Security budget, the start of a high-risk political bargain, while the government wants to halve the Social Security deficit. Parliament has until the end of November to decide on the text, failing which the government could possibly pass it by ordinance. For this first examination in committee, before its passage in the hemicycle on Tuesday October 20, more than 1,600 amendments were tabled by the political groups.

• The government facing “act 5” of high school students. The high school students begin on Monday a new week of their mobilization that began in mid-September with the culmination of an "act 5" planned for Tuesday, which will be decisive for a movement that the government hopes is in decline. On Friday, the government communicated about a “clear deceleration” of blockades and high school gatherings. According to the Ministry of Education, “more than 96% of high schools” were open Friday morning (141 establishments closed out of 700), compared to 157 the day before.