Raphaël Glucksmann, whose Socialist-backed coalition came third in Sunday’s European elections, has emerged as a pivotal figure of France’s political centre-left. His support for the new alliance of the left could swing the balance away from the ascendant far right in the snap parliamentary elections called by President Emmanuel Macron for June 30 and July 7.
Place publique, the Socialist-backed list led by Raphaël Glucksmann, finished in third place in the EU elections on June 9, winning 13.8 percent of the vote, just behind President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition, which tallied 14.6 percent.
