Raphaël Glucksmann (French pronunciation: [ʁafaɛl ɡlyksman], born 15 October 1979) is a French politician. Since 2019, he has been a member of the European Parliament, within the S&D alliance.
Raphaël Glucksmann | |
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 Glucksmann in 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | France |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1979 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Political party | Place Publique |
| Spouse | Eka Zguladze (divorced) |
| Domestic partner | Léa Salamé |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | André Glucksmann |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Early life and career
editGlucksmann is the son of philosopher André Glucksmann (who was an Ashkenazi Jew) and Françoise Glucksmann (née Villette), daughter of philosopher Jeannette Colombel. Between 2005 and 2012, he was an adviser to the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. He was married to former Georgian and Ukrainian politician Eka Zguladze, with whom he has a son. Zguladze was a special adviser to President Saakashvili from 2009 to 2012 and later served as First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine from 2014 to 2016. The couple are now divorced.
Political career
editBeginnings
editIn 2018, Glucksmann founded the French centre-left Place Publique party.[1]
Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present
editOn 26 May 2019, Place Publique and the French Socialist Party presented a joint list at the European Parliament election, with Glucksmann as the head,[2] under the slogan, "Envie d'Europe, écologique et sociale".[3] The list obtained a total of 6.2%, thereby securing the election of six Members to the European Parliament: Glucksmann, Sylvie Guillaume, Eric Andrieu, Aurore Lalucq, Pierre Larrouturou, Nora Mebarek.[4]
In Parliament, Glucksmann has served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Human Rights. Since 2020, he has also chaired the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union.[5][6]
In addition to his committee assignments, Glucksmann is a member of the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group[7] and the Spinelli Group.[8]
In his parliamentary work, Glucksmann has focused attention on the Xinjiang internment camps, for which he has been sanctioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.[9][10]
Glucksmann has led public campaigns to raise awareness and enact legislation to hold companies accountable for labor exploitation and forced labor in the fashion supply chain industry in China.[11]
In March 2024, Glucksmann was one of twenty MEPs to be given a "Rising Star" award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.[12]
2024 European elections
editIn the 2024 European elections, Glucksmann led the list “Réveiller l'Europe”, an alliance of his own Place publique party and the historical Parti socialiste.[13] That list obtained 13.83% of the national votes,[14] a high score compared to the 6.19% obtained in 2019. This result made this list the third nation-wide (after those led by Bardella and Hayer), which confirmed the increasing prominence of Raphaël Glucksmann as a national political figure.[15]
Political positions
editIn May 2021, Glucksmann joined a group of 39 mostly Green Party lawmakers from the European Parliament who in a letter urged the leaders of Germany, France and Italy not to support Arctic LNG 2, a $21 billion Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, due to climate change concerns.[16]
In November 2021, Glucksmann led a group of seven Members of the European Parliament to Taiwan to send a strong signal in support of the self-ruling island, despite a threat of retaliation from China.[17] During this visit, the delegation stated to President Tsai Ing-wen: "Europe is standing with you." Glucksmann has been a strong proponent for deepened cooperation with Taiwan.[18]
In March 2024, he refused to use the term "genocide" in regards to the treatment of Palestinians by Israel during the 2024 Israel-Hamas war by claiming to be "extremely cautious about the term's usage." He nevertheless denounces the "carnage" in Gaza as well as the blockade.[19] In April 2024, he asserts the legitimacy of the actions by the leadership of Sciences Po Paris to force their premises to be evacuated after their occupation by groups in support of the Palestinians.[20]
Personal life
editGlucksmann was married to Georgian and Ukrainian politician Eka Zguladze until 2014.[21]
He has a son, Gabriel, born 12 March 2017, with journalist Léa Salamé.[22]
Publications
edit- Je vous parle de liberté, with Mikheil Saakashvili, Paris, Hachette Livre, 2008, ISBN 978-2012376489.
- Mai 68 expliqué à Nicolas Sarkozy, with André Glucksmann, 2008, ISBN 978-2207260074.
- Génération gueule de bois, Manuel de lutte contre les réacs, Allary Éditions, 2015, ISBN 978-2370730404.
- Notre France. Dire et aimer ce que nous sommes, Allary Éditions, 2016.
- Les Enfants du vide. De l'impasse individualiste au réveil citoyen, Allary Éditions, 2018, ISBN 978-2370731623.
- Lettre à la génération qui va tout changer, Allary Éditions, 2021, ISBN 9782370731418.
References
edit- ^ "Européennes : Place publique, le pari citoyen de Raphaël Glucksmann". Le Parisien. 29 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Européennes, le PS se range derrière Raphaël Glucksmann". La Croix. 16 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Official homepage of the list “Envie d'Europe, écologique et sociale” Archived 19 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ European elections 2019: official results Archived 4 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Members of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union Archived 12 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
- ^ Clothilde Goujard (25 January 2022), Lawmakers want to step up fight against foreign meddling in EU affairs Archived 28 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine Politico Europe.
- ^ Members Archived 23 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.
- ^ Board & Members Archived 5 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Spinelli Group.
- ^ Rosman, Rebecca (1 October 2020). "One French politician fights to expose China's Uighur concentration camps". Public Radio International. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Irish, John (23 March 2021). Evans, Catherine (ed.). "France summons Chinese envoy over 'unacceptable' insults". Reuters. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, in the first such coordinated Western action against Beijing under new U.S President Joe Biden. In retaliation, the Chinese Foreign Ministry sanctioned several European nationals, including French Member of the European Parliament Raphaël Glucksmann.
- ^ Biondi, Annachiara (3 August 2020). "The EU's fight against fashion's forced labour supply chain". Vogue Business.
- ^ "MEP Awards 2024 - The Rising Stars". The Parliament Magazine. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Européennes: Glucksmann veut "réveiller l'Europe" pour son premier meeting près de Toulouse". L'Express (in French). 24 March 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections Européennes 2024". Ministère de l'intérieur. 10 June 2024.
- ^ "European elections 2024: Socialist Raphaël Glucksmann wins his gamble, coming in third place". LeMonde.fr. 10 June 2024.
- ^ Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (19 May 2021), EU lawmakers urge France, Germany, Italy to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support Archived 3 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine Reuters.
- ^ Sarah Anne Aarup and Stuart Lau (November 2, 2021), MEPs set to land in Taiwan on Tuesday, defying Beijing Archived 3 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine Politico Europe.
- ^ Qin, Amy (10 November 2021). "As Distrust of China Grows, Europe May Inch Closer to Taiwan". The New York Times.
- ^ "Gaza: Raphaël Glucksmann refuse le terme de génocide mais dénonce un "carnage"". BFMTV (in French).
- ^ "Guerre en Ukraine: «Il y a un décalage entre les mots et les actes» de Macron, dénonce Glucksmann" (in French). Le Figaro. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Dans la famille Glucksmann, le fils est conseiller de président" [In the Glucksmann family, the son is an advisor to the president]. Le Monde (in French). 5 October 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ Garin, Clément (14 March 2017). "Léa Salamé a accouché : découvrez le joli prénom de son bébé". Télé Star. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
