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Glucksmann wins France’s centre-left presidential primary
Raphaël Glucksmann, a member of the European Parliament and founder of the Place Publique movement, has won France’s centre-left presidential primary.
He received more than 66% of the vote, while Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure came second with about 14%.
Just over 120,000 people voted in the primary, organized by the Socialists and their centre-left allies.
Glucksmann is now the candidate backed by those parties for the presidential election.
The French left is divided, and Glucksmann opposes an alliance with hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
He says he wants to challenge both President Emmanuel Macron’s political approach and the far right, led by Marine Le Pen.
Faure and Ségolène Royal have said they will support the winner, and Glucksmann’s campaign now begins.
Raphaël Glucksmann won the French centre-left presidential primary on October 11, taking 66.13% of the vote, according to Le Monde.
More than 120,000 people took part in the primary, which was organized by the Socialists and their centre-left allies.
Socialist leader Olivier Faure finished second with 14.48%, while Ségolène Royal came third with 7.62%.
Glucksmann said he would oppose both Emmanuel Macron’s politics and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s influence over the left, and seek to defeat the far right.
He now faces the task of uniting a divided left ahead of the presidential election.
- Who
- Raphaël Glucksmann, founder of Place Publique and a member of the European Parliament, won the primary.
- What
- He won the centre-left primary to be its candidate for the French presidential election.
- When
- Sunday, October 11. The articles were published in 2026.
- Where
- France; Glucksmann delivered his victory speech in Paris.
- Why
- The primary was held to choose the presidential candidate supported by the Socialists and their centre-left allies.
Raphaël Glucksmann
Olivier Faure
Alliance with Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Raphaël Glucksmann
Glucksmann opposes an alliance with Mélenchon.
Olivier Faure
Faure has been open to alliances with Mélenchon’s France Unbowed party.
Approach to the left
Raphaël Glucksmann
Glucksmann says he can break Mélenchon’s influence over the left.
Olivier Faure
Faure said the left should unite behind the chosen candidate.
I am the candidate who stands for a break with Macronism, the candidate who stands for a break with Jean-Luc Melenchon’s hegemony over the French left, the candidate who can defeat our long-standing enemy – the far right
We have a candidate, we must now forge a spirit of victory together.
very disappointed
Organizers announced that Glucksmann had won the primary with 66.13% of the vote.
In his victory speech in Paris, Glucksmann said he would be the candidate of the democratic left who could beat the far right.
Faure called for the left to unite behind the candidate.
- Glucksmann's vote share
- 66.13%
- Turnout
- Just over 120,000 participants
- Faure's vote share
- 14.48%
- Royal's vote share
- 7.62%
- Glucksmann's European Parliament membership
- Since 2019
Sources
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