Glucksmann Wins Center-Left Primary With 66% Despite Cyberattack

Raphaël Glucksmann won France's center-left presidential primary with 66.17% in the first round, organizers announced. The Place Publique MEP beat Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure at 14% and three others. Ségolène Royal took just under 8% per Euronews and 7% per France 24; Jérôme Guedj and Emmanuel Maurel each took close to 6%. Organizers reported 120,787 voters; Politico said more than 120,000 voted Friday to Sunday. Euronews put turnout at 86%. About 140,000 had registered, Politico and France 24 reported, 80,000 of them non-members who paid €15. A cyberattack hit the online platform shortly after voting opened Friday, so organizers extended balloting to 6 p.m. Sunday. They said the platform "was never disrupted" and "the integrity of the recorded votes has not been compromised." On X, Glucksmann wrote that "a left that is faithful to its values can unite, govern and win" and: "We are here to win the presidential election: Turn the page on Macronism, stop the far right and change our lives." Politico said he campaigned against allying with Jean-Luc Mélenchon and cited an Ifop poll giving Mélenchon 14-17% support versus 11% for Glucksmann. Pre-vote televised debates still focused on a possible La France insoumise alliance though Mélenchon was not in the race.