Raphaël Glucksmann will be the guest on Sunday on TF1’s 8 p.m. news, the channel announced, where he should announce his candidacy for the presidential election which will probably involve the social-democratic primary organized in October by the PS and his own party, Place publique.
The PS and Place publique must finalize the terms of this small primary in the coming days, in particular the participation rate for non-members or the sponsorships required for candidates. The MEP, aged 46, would be the favorite in this election in which several socialists – Ségolène Royal, deputies Philippe Brun and Jérôme Guedj… – wish to participate, while awaiting the possible candidacy of the First Secretary, Olivier Faure.
Between 10 and 12% of voting intentions
Raphaël Glucksmann had refused to participate in a broader primary which would have included the entire non-Melenchonist left, with François Ruffin, Clémentine Autain and even Marine Tondelier. In the latest polls of voting intentions in the first round of the presidential election published in July, he is credited with 10 to 12% of voting intentions. In the 2024 European elections, he obtained 13.8% of the votes at the head of the PS-Place publique list. His declaration of candidacy will come on the same day as Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s closing speech at the Insoumis summer university, thus symbolizing the duel on the left between the two men. His candidacy will also have the immediate consequence of the withdrawal from the competing channel France 2 of his partner Léa Salamé, who presented the news and was initially due to resume on Monday. Jean-Baptiste Marteau, joker at the helm this summer, should replace her.
