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Raphael Glucksmann enters 2027 French presidential race through October social-democratic primary
The Place Publique MEP will compete in an October primary organized with the Socialist Party, promising a 15 billion euro wage plan funded by higher taxes on the top 1% while rejecting alliances with the radical left.
- Jul 17
Cazeneuve enters 2027 French presidential race with 86-page letter and a refusal to join Socialist primary
The former Socialist prime minister publishes an 86-page letter to the French people and tells Le Parisien he is entering the 2027 race 'by a contract that binds me to the French', while refusing to join the party primary.
- Jul 11
Ségolène Royal enters socialist primary for French presidency
Former minister and 2007 presidential candidate Ségolène Royal announced on X Friday she will compete in the autumn primary of the Socialist Party and Place publique alliance, becoming the first declared contender for the bloc's nomination.
- Jul 10
Socialist Party picks closed primary, burying Faure's left unity project for 2027 presidential race
Socialist Party members voted 55.5% to hold a closed primary in October, rejecting First Secretary Olivier Faure's open-primary proposal and scuttling an embryonic left-wing unity process with the Ecologists.
