Raphaël Glucksmann elected centre-left French presidential candidate
Euro MP Raphaël Glucksmann was on Sunday elected the centre-left candidate for next year's French presidential elections, organisers of the vote said, winning comfortably in the first round.
Raphaël Glucksmann, a 46-year-old MEP, has been chosen as the French social democracy's candidate for the 2027 presidential election. He won 66.17% of the vote in the primary, organised mainly by the Socialist Party (PS). Glucksmann beat PS first secretary Olivier Faure, who got 14.5%, and former minister Ségolène Royal, who secured 7%. Other candidates Emmanuel Maurel and Jérôme Guedj garnered around 6% of the vote.
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