
France's Socialist Presidential Primary Kicks Off With First TV Debate Among Five Candidates
The debate proceeds without candidate Philippe Brun after a court rejected his bid for reinstatement earlier the same day.

The debate proceeds without candidate Philippe Brun after a court rejected his bid for reinstatement earlier the same day.

Ségolène Royal criticized Raphaël Glucksmann's experience, and he responded by referencing her decades in politics, according to Le Monde.
The former prime minister proposed a timetable for an open primary to pick a single candidate spanning the left to the moderate right before 2027, but few allies have embraced the idea, according to Le Monde.

La primaire intervient alors que la sénatrice Jeanne Shaheen se prépare à se retirer à la fin de son mandat l'année prochaine, ouvrant un rare scrutin compétitif pour ce siège.

L'ancien sénateur John Sununu a défait Scott Brown dans une course républicaine étroitement surveillée qui sera probablement décisive aux élections de mi-mandat de novembre.

Pappas a défait la candidate progressiste Karishma Manzur dans la course pour remplacer la sénatrice Jeanne Shaheen, qui se retire après trois mandats.

A dispute between Olivier Faure and Raphael Glucksmann over the format of the Socialist Party's primary is intensifying the race, according to Le Monde.