2027 Presidential Election: Raphaël Glucksmann “will not participate” in a left-wing primary

It's clear, it's a no. Social Democrat Raphaël Glucksmann, leader of the Place publique party, stated in an interview with Le Monde on Friday, May 23, that he "will not participate in a primary," even though many on the left are calling for it, but that he considers it "deadly."

"I will not participate in a machine trick that produces a weak synthesis, because it will not work," explains Raphaël Glucksmann, who therefore rejects the calls of François Ruffin and Marine Tondelier for a broad primary including in particular La France Insoumise.

However, the social democrat warns that "there will be no joint candidacy with Jean-Luc Mélenchon" , with whom he assumes his "head-on contradiction" on issues such as Europe, defence and even nuclear power.

"It's not about ego, it's about ideas," and "putting your principles in your pocket is the certainty of moral bankruptcy and political defeat," he adds. This is why he will also not respond to Lucie Castets' invitation, which is calling all left-wing parties to a meeting on July 2, including LFI.

"Pretending to be able to go to the presidential election together casts a shadow of insincerity over our political space. It's deadly," he dismisses.

The co-president of Place publique intends, on the contrary, "to first discuss with the Socialist Party a joint offer, in the movement of the European elections" of 2024 where their joint list that he led finished in third place with nearly 14% of the vote, close behind the presidential camp.

According to Raphaël Glucksmann, it is this strategy "which will allow a dynamic" which he then wishes to extend "to other political and social forces whose visions are compatible" .

Determined to "do everything so that (the) democratic, social and ecological pole is able to win in 2027" and not just "to be first on the left" , he did not comment on his own candidacy but stressed that "we will soon see who is best placed to do so" .