Glucksmann Wins Centre-Left Ticket for France’s Presidential Election
- On Sunday, European lawmaker Raphael Glucksmann won France's center-left presidential primary, securing an outright majority with 66% of the vote in the first round.
- More than 120,000 people participated in the primary, far fewer than the 2.8 million who voted in the 2011 Socialist Party primary won by Francois Hollande, reflecting a fractured left.
- Glucksmann's victory deals a blow to Socialist Party head Olivier Faure, who secured only 14.5% while favoring alliances with Jean-Luc Melenchon's France Unbowed party.
- "I am the candidate who stands for a break with Macronism," Glucksmann told activists, pledging to oppose any alliance with Jean-Luc Melenchon's hegemony over the left.
- Opinion polls suggest Glucksmann could reach a May 2 runoff, though projections show he would likely lose to far-right frontrunner Marine Le Pen.
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French MEP Raphael Glucksmann has won the center-left primary, securing his candidacy for the 2027 French presidential election. Glucksmann, 46, leader of the "Place Publique" party, received 66 percent of the 120,787 votes cast in the primary organized by the Socialist Party and its allies, French newspaper Le Monde reported. Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure came in second with 14 percent, while the other three candidates each received less…
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