Glucksmann launches bid for 2027: Left divided between support, sarcasm, and score-settling

Raphaël Glucksmann, a Member of the European Parliament and co-founder of the Place Publique party, officially declared his candidacy for the 2027 French presidential election on Sunday evening. He confirmed his intention to participate in the left-wing primary scheduled for October, organized jointly by the Socialist Party and Place Publique.

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I am a candidate to lift up France because, you know, we all have a knot in our stomach when we look at what our nation is becoming and what it could become in the coming months.

"I am a candidate to lift up France because, you know, we all have a knot in our stomach when we look at what our nation is becoming and what it could become in the coming months," Glucksmann stated during his announcement on TF1, describing himself as a "candidate to win."

Political reactions to Glucksmann's announcement were swift and varied. Ecologist Yannick Jadot offered his "unhesitating" and "enthusiastic" support, expressing confidence that Glucksmann is best positioned to reconcile social justice needs with ecological imperatives and can win the election. Jadot stressed that he is "not resigned to defeat."

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I am convinced that Raphaël Glucksmann is the candidate best placed, both to reconcile the needs of social justice, the ecological imperative that everyone is talking about, and that he can win this presidential election.

However, other reactions were less supportive. Ecologist Sandrine Rousseau expressed irony, stating, "It was expected. It's clarified. We've been waiting for this announcement for so long." She noted Glucksmann's participation in the Socialist primary but indicated she would not be campaigning for him, focusing instead on internal party efforts to foster alliances with La France Insoumise (LFI).

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It was expected. It's clarified. We've been waiting for this announcement for so long.

On the right, Valérie Pécresse acknowledged Glucksmann's "experience, project, and human depth" but questioned his "project for France," deeming it "not at all the right one." Government spokesperson Maud Brégéon dismissed the Socialist Party's internal dynamics as uninteresting to her, emphasizing her support for Édouard Philippe and the broader union of right-wing and centrist forces around a single candidate.

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There is experience, there is the project and also human depth. It is up to him to prove himself.