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PARIS, Aug 23 (Reuters) – French centre-left politician Raphael Glucksmann launched a bid for the presidency on Sunday, seeking to challenge firebrand hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon for dominance of France’s fractured left ahead of a campaign increasingly shaped by the far right.<\/p>\n

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Far-right leader Marine Le Pen consistently tops first-round voting intentions, and potential challengers from the political centre and left face an uphill battle to defeat her in a runoff, according to opinion polls.<\/p>\n

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“Yes, I am a candidate for the presidential election,” Glucksmann told French TV channel TF1. “Are we going to hand our country over to the far right? Faced with such a choice, I could not stand aside.” <\/p>\n

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Glucksmann, a pro-European EU lawmaker who led the mainstream left alliance in the 2024 European Parliament election to 14% of the vote, trails Melenchon in opinion polls and a key question is whether he – or other potential centre-left candidates – could unite moderate left-wing forces.<\/p>\n

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“The left can win the presidential election if it stands firm on its principles,” Glucksmann said. “We must stop being afraid of Melenchon.”<\/p>\n

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His candidacy comes as France’s political class returns from the summer break and gears up for what is expected to be a highly polarised presidential contest ahead of the vote in April and May 2027. <\/p>\n

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While being critical of some of President Emmanuel Macron’s pro-business policies, Glucksmann has advocated a similar pro-European, pro-Ukraine line, positioning himself as a staunch defender of liberal democracy.<\/p>\n

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Yet it is not only his politics that have thrust him into the spotlight.<\/p>\n

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His relationship with Lea Salame, the star presenter of France 2 TV’s flagship evening news programme, has become a recurring subject of media attention, with newspapers dubbing them one of France’s top “power couples”. <\/p>\n

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Over the summer, pictures of the couple on a beach in Corsica appeared in Paris Match, a celebrity magazine that has been a launchpad for presidential hopefuls over the past decades. <\/p>\n

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French media report Salame will withdraw from anchoring duties on the public broadcaster during the presidential campaign to avoid any perception of a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Michel Rose and Ingrid Melander; Editing by Chris Reese)<\/p>\n

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