Place Publique


Place Publique is a centre-left political party in France, founded in 2018 by Raphaël Glucksmann, Claire Nouvian, Jo Spiegel, and Thomas Porcher.
In January 2019, the movement claimed 25,000 members.

History

Creation

The party was officially founded on 10 August 2018. 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. Their position was presented as an alternative to La France Insoumise, even if Thomas Porcher declared that the movement was not against Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
On 6 November 2018, Raphaël Glucksmann and several personalities published the manifest acting the birth of their movement.

2019 European Elections

On 16 March 2019, Place publique and the Socialist Party announced that they will present a joint list at the European Parliament election, with Raphaël Glucksmann as the head of the list. Thomas Porcher left the party the same day, denouncing a "list of apparatchiks".

Election results

European Parliament