ParisRaphaël Glucksmann won 66% of the primary.
The Socialist Party will field no candidate of its own for the first time since 1969.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party boycotted the primary, and Glucksmann refuses to work with it in France.
Polls put Marine Le Pen above 30%, Mélenchon near 15% and Glucksmann at 9% to 14%.
Glucksmann now seeks to unify the left before the first round in April 2027.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- The National
- emphasises Glucksmann's 'end to brutes' hegemony' line and his Uyghur and Ukraine positions as the basis of his left appeal
- France 24 leans favorable
- The Guardian
- frames the race as an 'existential battle' against Le Pen, quoting Glucksmann's 'rid our hearts of the spirit of defeat'
Sources: France 24, The National, The Guardian