Raphaël Glucksmann : présidentielle 2027

Place publique · MEP, leader of Place publique

Statut : Declared on 23 August 2026 on TF1's 8 p.m. news. He won outright in the first round of the PS-Place publique social-democratic primary on 11 October 2026 with 66% of the vote, and is the joint candidate of Place publique and the Socialist Party.

Essayist and documentary filmmaker, he co-founded the Place publique movement in 2018 and led the PS-Place publique list in the 2019 and 2024 European elections (13.8% in 2024). Elected to the European Parliament since 2019, he is the first presidential candidate backed by the PS who did not come from its ranks.

Average first-round voting intention: 12,7 %.

Sondage présidentielle 2027 : toutes les intentions de vote pour Raphaël Glucksmann

Raphaël Glucksmann: ten key proposals

  1. Tax the largest 1% of inheritances to return 15 billion euros to net wages (Fiscalité)
  2. Launch, within the first 100 days, an “ecological revolution” focused on phasing out gas and oil (Écologie)
  3. Repeal the 2023 pension reform, then open early retirement for workers with broken careers and arduous jobs, without a return to age 60 (Retraites)
  4. Launch a five-year plan for schools: teacher salaries, smaller class sizes in primary schools, and building renovation (Éducation)
  5. Launch a major European loan and abolish the veto right within the European Union (Europe et défense)
  6. Entrust immigration policy to a randomly selected citizens' convention, whose proposals would be voted on in Parliament (Immigration)
  7. Introduce a compulsory ten-month civic service for all young people (Institutions)
  8. Build new nuclear reactors, develop renewable energy and produce solar panels in France (Énergie)
  9. Create a transition income to support farmers and encourage conversion to organic farming (Agriculture)
  10. Raise the SMIC to 1,600 euros net within two years (Place publique 2025 platform) (Pouvoir d'achat)

Campaign team

  • Alexandre Ouizille : PS senator for Oise, campaign director according to L'Opinion (meeting of 26 October 2026); until then he was in charge of communications
  • Lamia El Aaraje : First deputy mayor of Paris, in charge of mobilisation, according to L'Opinion (meeting of 26 October 2026)
  • Pierre Jouvet : MEP, number two in the PS, member of the campaign triumvirate according to L'Opinion (meeting of 26 October 2026)
  • David Assouline : Former PS senator, special adviser to the candidate
  • Laurence Rossignol : PS senator, president of the campaign financing association
  • Marie-Pierre de la Gontrie : PS senator, treasurer of the campaign financing association
  • Yannick Jadot : Ecologist senator who has joined the campaign, tasked with presenting “the 100 days of the ecological revolution”
  • Carole Delga : Supporter, president of the Occitanie region (PS)
  • Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol : Supporter, mayor of Rouen (PS)

Positions for the 2027 election, issue by issue

Energy

Raphaël Glucksmann combines keeping nuclear power, a renewables plan and support for low-income households.

  • Strengthen the role of nuclear power and boost research on waste.
  • Launch a multi-year investment plan for renewables, the grid and storage.
  • Triple the energy voucher (chèque énergie).
  • Ban all imports of Russian gas and favour European solar panel manufacturers.

Ecology and environment

Place publique proposes a major climate law and stronger protection of biodiversity (March 2026 programme).

  • A major climate law committing all ministries to a path towards neutrality.
  • Ban pesticides near water catchments and schools, and PFAS in everyday products.
  • Ban domestic flights where a train is an alternative, and tax private jets and SUVs.
  • A “Blue Pact” for the oceans with a moratorium on deep-sea mining.

Immigration

Raphaël Glucksmann favours a European response, legal work pathways and the regularization of workers.

  • Repeal the 2024 immigration law.
  • Replace the Dublin Regulation with a European mechanism for distributing asylum seekers.
  • Facilitate the regularization of undocumented workers and generalize the multi-year residence permit.
  • Create a European sea rescue force.

Purchasing power

Raphaël Glucksmann combines a higher SMIC, lower taxes on work and a tax on windfall profits.

  • Raise the SMIC to €1,600 net within two years.
  • Reduce contributions or the CSG, funded by a tax on “mega-inheritances”.
  • Fund targeted fuel aid through a tax on oil windfall profits.
  • Index the civil service point index to inflation.

Employment and work

Place publique wants to raise low wages and expand local schemes against unemployment (March 2026).

  • Raise the SMIC to €1,600 net within two years.
  • Expand “Territoires zéro chômeur de longue durée” and the CDI d'insertion.
  • Support employee buyouts of companies through SCOP worker cooperatives.
  • Employee representatives on boards of directors from 100 employees.

Critical metals and industry

Raphaël Glucksmann is one of the few candidates to detail a strategy on critical metals.

  • Develop sobriety, reuse and recycling of critical metals.
  • Open new mines and refineries in France under strict environmental standards.
  • Relocate battery production, with customs barriers against China.
  • Moratorium on exploiting the deep seabed and ban on polar extraction.

Innovation and digital

Raphaël Glucksmann wants European digital sovereignty and strong protection for minors.

  • Ban social media for under-15s and ban TikTok.
  • End dependence on the GAFAM within five years.
  • Create an Industrial Agency for Digital Technology and AI, and a European “Manhattan Project” on AI.
  • Launch an international treaty on artificial intelligence.

Pensions

Raphaël Glucksmann wants to repeal the 2023 reform without setting a precise legal age.

  • Repeal the Macron reform of 2023.
  • Modulate departures according to hardship and life expectancy, with some at 60.
  • Create a High Council for pension steering with a majority of social partners.
  • Increase the number of contributors (seniors, work immigration, youth entry).

Health

Place publique emphasises prevention and mental health (March 2026 programme).

  • Make young people's mental health a national priority.
  • Extend the Pass'Sport Santé to all ages.
  • Create a territorial fund for prevention measures tailored to local needs.
  • Free contraception and reimbursement of menstrual products.

Security and justice

Place publique wants to strengthen local justice and investigative resources (March 2026 programme).

  • A “local justice shock” and twice as many Maisons de justice et du droit.
  • Strengthen investigative resources against drug trafficking.
  • Deploy specialised units against cybercrime across the whole country.
  • Invest in renovated prisons to tackle prison overcrowding.

Education and youth

Place publique wants to raise teachers' pay and make school a tool for reducing inequality.

  • Teacher pay increase of 10% to 25%, costing 6 billion euros.
  • A five-year rescue plan for public schools: smaller classes and renovated buildings.
  • Apply a principle of social mix to private schools.
  • “Passport for emancipation” guaranteeing a group stay for every child.

Gender equality

Raphaël Glucksmann wants a €1 billion plan against violence and a definition of rape based on consent.

  • Launch a plan against sexist and sexual violence endowed with €1 billion.
  • Write into law that any non-consensual sexual penetration is rape.
  • Guarantee the effective exercise of abortion rights and enshrine them in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
  • Make gender pay gaps transparent.

Debt and public finances

Place publique combines debt reduction with a targeted tax effort on very high fortunes.

  • 2% minimum tax on wealth above 100 million euros.
  • Tax inheritances above 2 million euros to fund a cut in the CSG.
  • Automatic taxation of multinationals' windfall profits.
  • « Credible » path to debt reduction (March 2026 programme).

Europe

Raphaël Glucksmann advocates a more integrated Europe, with a common budget and common borrowing.

  • Sharply increase the Union's budget and give it new own resources (2025).
  • Abolish the veto within the European Union.
  • Pass a “Buy European” law for public procurement (January 2026).
  • Reunification treaty and overhaul of European institutions by 2030 (2025).

Defence

Raphaël Glucksmann advocates an integrated European defence and increased military aid to Ukraine.

  • European Defence Fund of €500 billion financed by common borrowing.
  • Offer European partners an extension of French nuclear deterrence, with France retaining the decision.
  • Increase military aid to Ukraine “drastically”.
  • Accelerate industrial production and sharply increase the operational reserve.

International

Raphaël Glucksmann makes cooperation with Israel conditional on international law and wants to increase development aid.

  • Make cooperation with Israel conditional and suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement (March 2026).
  • Sanction actors of illegal settlement and aim for a two-state solution.
  • Path toward 0.7% of GNI for official development assistance.
  • Launch an international coalition for democracy and rights.

Latest statements

  • 2026-10-29, Response to Gabriel Attal's proposal of a “primary of democrats,” according to Le JSL : « He declines the invitation to take part in the primary proposed by Gabriel Attal. »
  • 2026-10-26, Interview on TF1, asked about his absence from the demonstrations : « La France Insoumise is running a harassment campaign against me. »
  • 2026-10-23, Visit to Amiens : « This has to stop, we are not going to campaign for six months like this. »
  • 2026-10-17, Reaction to the violence on the sidelines of the 17 October demonstrations : « He calls for “a great republican awakening.” »
  • 2026-10-12, Guest on France Inter's morning show, the day after his victory in the primary : « Jean-Luc Mélenchon must formally disavow the assaults carried out by his supporters. »

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Updated: 2026-10-31T08:51+01:00