2027 Presidential Election: Two years before the election, Raphaël Glucksmann presents his “vision for France”

The leader of Place publique , who is very identified with the defense of Ukraine and Europe, continues to deny any presidential pretensions, but many see him as the candidate of the social-democratic left in 2027, since he came first on the left (13.8%) in the European elections, on a Place publique-Socialist Party list. The one who embodies a line of opposition to La France Insoumise and is among the best placed in the polls on the left, affirms that he will do "everything" so that the "democratic, social and ecological" pole can win in 2027, even if it means "losing (his) skin there".

Although the appointment on Thursday of his partner, journalist Léa Salamé, to present the 8 p.m. news on France 2 has raised questions, suggesting a possible conflict of interest if he officially becomes a candidate, Glucksmann will unveil "act 1" of his project "for France" in Paris on Monday, which he promised last October.

To prepare for this, the 45-year-old essayist has kept a low profile in recent months. "He couldn't come back without a solid national framework; he had to work on the substance," explains a source close to him.

The MEP read extensively, traveled extensively throughout the country, and called upon more than 200 experts and 2,000 Place publique activists (out of 12,000 members), who "thought through" the project. The goal: to avoid being "surprised" in the event of another dissolution of the Assembly, and to present a structured offer for 2027, similar to what Jean-Luc Mélenchon did with LFI.

Within Place publique, "a leitmotif: we don't agree with Mélenchon, but he's worked hard, we have to make up for lost time," explains Saïd Benmouffok, the party's representative in Paris. "We're a party that's been around for six years, but we weren't focused enough on the national level," summarizes Jérôme Auslander, a member of Place publique's political committee.

“Centered on work and workers”

"This is where we're going to say who we are and establish our political identity," he added. "Our project is centered on work and workers," Glucksmann explained in Le Monde at the end of May.

On the agenda: the concept of a "care-giving society," a "green reindustrialization plan," a new "social contract" for workers, a "democratic contract" for citizens, and "a plan to save the Republic's schools," project manager Sarah Pigeaud explained in La Tribune on Sunday. In total, there are "50 concrete proposals," according to Place publique. This is followed by "Act 2" during the summer conference in La Réole (Gironde) in October, and a final project promised for June 2026.

But this is not, at this stage, a presidential program. "This is what we will bring to the common pot on the left," in order to discuss first with the Socialist Party, the privileged partner, then with other political forces "whose visions are compatible," Benmouffok specifies. Because for Glucksmann, the union of the entire left is a "hypocrisy" and it must be recognized that there are "two poles," that of the radical left and the one he began to define in the European elections.

The divided left

While some socialists hostile to LFI have already made him their champion for the presidential election, the head of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, who is also preparing, is pleading for him to participate in a non-Mélenchonian left-wing programmatic platform, going as far as the former LFI deputy, François Ruffin.