Raphaël Glucksmann
Raphaël Glucksmann is a French politician. Since 2019, he has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP), within the S&D alliance, being the lead candidate for the PS-PP alliance in 2019 and 2024. He is the co-president of the political party Place publique.
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Oct 1, 2026
Lean Right
The favourite in the left primary advocated a definitive break with LFI during the France 2 debate.
LR acknowledges Glucksmann's anti-Mélenchon stance but views his social-democratic platform as still fiscally reckless and out of touch with French taxpayers.
Oct 1, 2026
Lean Left
He clashed with Olivier Faure over Gaza and a possible LFI alliance during the second PS primary debate on France 2.
Socialistes see him as the intransigent standard-bearer for a pro-Ukraine, anti-LFI line, which many fear will fracture the left before the législatives.
Sep 22, 2026
Lean Right
The socialist primary favorite was publicly humiliated by Royal's 'intern' jibe, forcing him to defend his brief political career.
LR views him as an inexperienced eurocrat with no governing record, and Royal's attack validates the right's critique that the left promotes novices over substance.
Sep 22, 2026
Lean Left
He fired back at Ségolène Royal after she called him a stagiaire, reminding voters of her 45 years of seeking posts and her Macronist ties since 2017.
Socialists see him as the primary's favourite and the best hope to rebuild a credible left anchored in social democracy and European solidarity, not personal ambition.
Sep 20, 2026
Far Right
Called for tripling the energy check and extending it to more households, positioning himself for the 2027 presidential race through the socialist primary.
For the RN, Glucksmann is the face of a left that wants to paper over failing energy policies with even more state handouts and debt.
Sep 20, 2026
Lean Left
Invited by Carole Delga in Occitanie, he promised to end big grain lobby influence and to 'refounder la gauche' ahead of the socialist primary.
Socialists see him as the best-placed candidate to reunite the left, but the Delga setting is a test of whether he can hold the rural and agricultural vote the PS has been bleeding.
Sep 19, 2026
Far Right
The PS and Place Publique primary candidate warned that Russia targets all of Europe and called for increased support to Ukraine.
The RN views Glucksmann as a warmonger pushing endless Ukraine aid and European federalism while ignoring French domestic priorities.
Sep 16, 2026
Lean Right
Grand favori de la primaire socialiste d'octobre, il pourrait en sortir abîmé selon Le Figaro.
Pour LR, il symbolise une gauche urbaine pro-européenne déconnectée des classes populaires, dont la primaire révèle les divisions et le faible poids électoral.
Sep 14, 2026
Far Right
He is competing in the Socialist primary against Olivier Faure, who said all participants would accept the verdict if Glucksmann wins.
Glucksmann is the face of a pro-EU, liberal-left current that RN views as indistinguishable from Macronism, and his primary fight with Faure exposes left disunity.
Sep 11, 2026
Lean Right
The left primary will feature three televised debates, though Glucksmann had wanted only one.
LR views the left primary as a circular firing squad that will expose the PS's subordination to LFI, potentially pushing moderate left voters toward LR.