‘We can’t leave France to Le Pen’: Leading French left-winger Glucksmann throws weight behind new alliance

Raphaël Glucksmann, whose Socialist-backed coalition came third in Sunday’s European elections, has emerged as a pivotal figure of France’s political centre-left. His support for the new alliance of the left could swing the balance away from the ascendant far right in the snap parliamentary elections called by President Emmanuel Macron for June 30 and July 7.