Glucksmann Wins Centre-Left Ticket for France’s Presidential Election
He won outright in the first round as more than 120,000 voters turned out, far below the 2.8 million who voted in 2011.
- 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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Raphaël Glucksmann qualified this Sunday in the first round of the Social Democratic Primary, with 66% of the votes, or 50 points ahead of Olivier Faure. His main challenge now is to gather behind the left, including the Greens, which is far from being acquired.
Raphaël Glucksmann was nominated as the Socialist candidate for the presidential election, winning in the first round of the left-wing primary with 66% of the vote. This result marks a historic break for the PS, which...
COUNTER-POINT - By winning the primary of the left from the first round, the public square man did not only get personal satisfaction, he also ripped out an ideological and strategic victory.
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