Raphaël Glucksmann says he rejected Matignon in 2024
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
Raphaël Glucksmann, a social-democratic candidate in the French presidential election, says he refused to become prime minister after the 2024 legislative elections. A government source says his name was discussed, but without a formal offer, according to AFP.
Raphaël Glucksmann, founder of the Place publique movement and a social-democratic candidate in the French presidential election, said on Sunday on BFMTV that he had refused to become prime minister after the 2024 legislative elections. A government source told AFP that his name had been “discussed” without resulting in a formal offer.
After the dissolution of the National Assembly decided by Emmanuel Macron following the 2024 European elections, the New Popular Front, a left-wing coalition, won a relative majority in the legislative elections. After several weeks of consultations, the French president eventually appointed Michel Barnier, a member of The Republicans, as prime minister, reports AFP.
Glucksmann presented his refusal as a marker of his differences with Emmanuel Macron, citing in particular a more liberal policy, cuts to personalised housing assistance and the abolition of the solidarity tax on wealth. He also recalled having refused to become a minister under the Macron presidency, according to AFP.
