French centre-left politician Raphaël Glucksmann has formally declared his candidacy for the 2027 French presidential election, confirming his intention to contest the Socialist Party primary this autumn.
Glucksmann, the 46-year-old leader of the centre-left Place Publique party and a member of the European Parliament, announced his bid on TF1's evening news bulletin. He stated that he would never form an alliance with Jean-Luc Mélenchon's France Unbowed movement should he win the primary. His candidacy will require his partner, journalist Léa Salamé, to step down from anchoring France 2's flagship news programme to avoid conflicts of interest.
Glucksmann enters a race in which Marine Le Pen currently leads first-round polling, with Mélenchon and Édouard Philippe already declared. Opinion polls credit Glucksmann with roughly 10–12% of voting intentions, while he secured 13.8% in the last European elections. The first round is scheduled for April 18, with President Emmanuel Macron ineligible to seek another term.