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Place Publique

Place Publique

Political party in France

Place Publique is a centre-left political party in France,[2] founded in 2018 by Raphaël Glucksmann, Claire Nouvian, Jo Spiegel, and Thomas Porcher.[3]

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In January 2019, the movement claimed 25,000 members.[1]

History

Creation

The party was officially founded on 10 August 2018.[3] On October 29, 2018, Raphaël Glucksmann, Thomas Porcher, Jo Spiegel, Diana Filippova, and Claire Nouvian announced the creation of Place Publique, a political party aiming to bring together the pro-European French left from Europe Ecology – The Greens to the Socialist Party and Génération.s.[4] Their position was presented as an alternative to La France Insoumise, although Thomas Porcher declared that the movement was not against Jean-Luc Mélenchon.[5]

On 6 November 2018, Raphaël Glucksmann and several party leaders published a manifesto announcing the birth of their movement.[6]

2019 European elections

On 16 March 2019, Place Publique and the Socialist Party announced that they would present a joint list at the European Parliament election, with Raphaël Glucksmann as the head of the list.[7] Thomas Porcher left the party the same day, denouncing a "list of apparatchiks".[8] Place Publique won two seats in the election.

Election results

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References

  1. [1]
    "Place publique, un nouveau parti politique de gauche à Rennes". Ouest-France. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  2. [2]
    Robert, Aline (4 April 2019). "French Macronists eye coup-like raid on Europe's liberals". EURACTIV.
  3. [3]
    "Journal officiel, 150e année], n° 35, samedi 1er septembre 2018, annonce n° 1040" (PDF). Journal officiel de la République française. 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  4. [4]
    "Européennes : Place publique, le pari citoyen de Raphaël Glucksmann". Le Parisien. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  5. [5]
    "Thomas Porcher : " Nous ne nous inscrivons pas contre Mélenchon "". Le Monde. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  6. [6]
    "Acte de Naissance". place-publique.eu/. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  7. [7]
    "Européennes, le PS se range derrière Raphaël Glucksmann". La Croix. 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  8. [8]
    "L'économiste Thomas Porcher au JDD : "Je préfère quitter Place publique"". Le Journal du Dimanche. 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-17. ce sera une liste d'apparatchiks, pas de citoyens. C'est pourquoi je préfère quitter Place publique.
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