Raphaël Glucksmann’s party, Place publique, and the PS have reached an agreement to constitute their joint list for the European elections, the Socialist Party said in a press release on Saturday. According to several socialist sources, Place publique obtains three places out of the first 10, which would give them three elected officials if the list obtains 10%: 9th, 4th and therefore 1st, that of Raphaël Glucksmann. Reserved for a woman, 4th place should therefore be for the outgoing Place publique MEP Aurore Lalucq.
During the latest negotiations, the small left-wing party created in 2018 managed to impose a third eligible candidate and a total of 20 running mates out of the 81 that will be on the list in total, a socialist elected official told AFP. “It seems to me that we have a good compromise here, respectful of what we are and represent as well as the weight of our partner and the dynamics of our head of list”, estimated in a letter addressed to activists and consulted by the AFP Sébastien Vincini, head of the PS electoral commission.
“An ordered list”
“This agreement allows the establishment of an ordered list, combining experience and renewal, diversity of backgrounds and representation of all territories,” indicated the PS in its press release while several voices were raised to criticize the lack of diversity and representatives of the working classes in an eligible position.
Two weeks ago, Raphaël Glucksmann was officially named head of the list by a vote of socialist activists. The 44-year-old essayist aims to lead his list to 3rd place in the June 9 election behind the RN and the Macronist majority. In 2019, new to the political scene, he received 6.19% of the vote.
Resolutely pro-European, the son of the philosopher André Glucksmann was the guest on Saturday evening on 8 p.m. on TF1, the day of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. “We let a dictator (…) walk all over us, treat our nations like mops, attack our hospitals with his hackers,” he insisted.