Presidential election 2027: Ségolène Royal sets her conditions to help Raphaël Glucksmann

Raphaël Glucksmann is not sure of having Ségolène Royal at his side until the end in his race to try to win the Élysée. The unsuccessful candidate in the social democratic primary for the 2027 presidential election warned the founder of the Place publique movement on France 24 on Tuesday that she would only help him “bring together the left” on the condition that he “does not veer towards compromise with the Macronists”.

Royal, third in the primary

Arriving third in the primary on Sunday, the former 2007 presidential candidate, who had not hidden his rejection of Raphaël Glucksmann during the campaign, intends to respect the charter signed by the various candidates ahead of the election: “This charter says “rally of the left”. If we have to call the ecologists, the communists […] If he needs me to succeed in this step, I will help him.”

But “if he misses this step and suddenly turns to the Macronists to campaign… I cannot follow that: the French would not understand,” continued the former Minister of the Environment, for whom “compromise” with the Macronists would mean “compromise”.

Glucksmann firmly against LFI

Large winner of the social democratic primary, Raphaël Glucksmann, holding a firmly anti-LFI line and criticized on the left for his presumed proximity to the center, now finds himself challenged to appease and bring together a divided political family.

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In the wake of Sunday's victory of the founder of the Place publique movement, all the candidates renewed their commitment to supporting him. “They know that the fight we have to wage is too existential to indulge in petty phrases or resentment,” greeted Raphaël Glucksmann. He has also already invited François Hollande and Bernard Cazeneuve to join him.