Central Left Prisoner in France: MEP Raphaël Glucksmann Defeated the Old Socialist Guard
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With a 88.88 percent share of the list, the Euro MP far surpassed leaders such as Olivier Faure and Ségolène Royal. His aim is to convene a broad left-wing coalition that excludes Insumisa France from confronting the extreme right.
The former minister, who largely opposed the candidate nominated by the PS and Public Square for the presidential at the primary level, conditioned his forthcoming support to the social democratic representative on Monday, 12 October.
After two days of online voting, the conclusions of the Social Democrats primary are known. Raphaël Glucksmann was nominated as a candidate in the first round. He largely ahead of Olivier Faure and Ségolène Royal.
The result of the socialist primary is worrying. Glucksmann's net victory marked the deeper and deeper inscription of the break between two lefts that Manuel Valls had wanted irreconcilable. There was no match during the social-democratic primary. Raphaël Glucksmann wins from the first round with 66% of the votes. It will be said, rightly, that this was an almost internal primary as the price was high to participate. He still found himself close…
The MEP obtained 66% of the vote in the first round of the Social Democratic Primary, ahead of Olivier Faure, credited with 14%.
Ségolène Royal was beaten at the social-democrat primary on 11 October 2026 and now has to line up behind Raphaël Glucksmann, the one she called "the intern". Between charter, bitterness and rallying stakes without LFI, her rallying before 2027 remains blurred and heavy with tensions.
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