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Raphaël Glucksmann Wins France’s Socialist-Progressive Presidential Primary With 66.13%
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Raphaël Glucksmann won the Socialist-Progressive primary with about 66% of votes. He became the alliance's candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
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Glucksmann wins France primary
Raphaël Glucksmann won France’s socialist-progressive nomination for the 2027 presidential election after taking 66.13 percent of the vote in an internal primary held from Friday to Sunday. The primary drew 140,000 militants, and it included Olivier Faure, Ségolène Royal, Jérôme Guedj, Émmanuel Maurel, and Glucksmann. Glucksmann told supporters, “I am the candidate who represents a break with Macroner policies, the candidate who represents a break with Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s dominance on the French left, and the candidate capable of defeating our arch-enemy, the far-right tide.”
Glucksmann also insisted that the goal of the primary was to prevent the left bloc, apart from the “France Insoumise” party, from entering the 2027 presidential race split among a group of names. Marine Le Pen’s National Rally was described in the same account as the force that polls indicate could win the second round of the next presidential election.
Cyberattack and turnout
The organisers said the contest for the social-democratic nomination was decided in the first round, with Glucksmann taking 66.17% of the vote and 120,787 voters participating. Euronews reported that the primary was disrupted by a cyberattack that slowed down voting, and the contest was extended until 6 p.m. on Sunday. Glucksmann used X to insist that “a left true to its values can unite, govern and win”.
Rachel Garrat-Valcarcel told Euronews that a turnout of “at least 80%” would be needed for the primary to be considered a success. Euronews said the primary began on Friday morning and that turnout was 86%, while the far right with Marine Le Pen and the radical left with Jean-Luc Mélenchon remained central to the televised debates.
Opposition to LFI
Glucksmann framed the nomination as a fight against the far right, and he declared, “Our main opponent is the far right and we will unite to fight it.” Patrick Mennucci, the president of the electoral committee, warned that the cyberattack “goes beyond the socialist primaries,” describing it as “an attack on democracy”. Glucksmann ruled out any alliance with Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise, and he said, “We will prevent the trumpists, the Putinists, the xenophobes, and the demagogues from taking over the Republic.”
Olivier Faure said the result created “a very clear majority (...) from the first round,” and he added, “We now have a candidate; all of us must forge together this spirit of victory,” after the proclamation of results. Ségolène Royal told journalists she was “very disappointed” with her result and said she would be “for the one who won tonight,” without naming Glucksmann.