Raphaël Glucksmann
Raphaël Glucksmann | |
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![]() Raphaël Glucksmann in 2020. | |
Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Constituency | France |
Personal details | |
Born | Boulogne-Billancourt, France | 15 October 1979
Nationality | French |
Political party | Place Publique |
Spouse(s) | Eka Zguladze (divorced) |
Domestic partner | Léa Salamé |
Children | 1 |
Parents | André Glucksmann |
Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Raphaël Glucksmann (born 15 October 1979) is a French journalist, film director, and political figure. In May 2019, he was elected a member of the European Parliament, within the S&D alliance.
Early career[]
Between 2005 and 2012, Glucksmann was an adviser to former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili.
Political career[]
Glucksmann is the son of philosopher and writer André Glucksmann.
In 2018, Glucksmann founded the French centre-left French political party Place Publique.[1]
On 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 title "Envie d'Europe, écologique et sociale".[3] The list obtained a total of 6.2%, thereby sending six delegates to the European parliament: Glucksmann, Sylvie Guillaume, Eric Andrieu, Aurore Lalucq, Pierre Larrouturou, Nora Mebarek.[4] He has since been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Human Rights. Glucksmann has focused attention on the Xinjiang re-education camps, for which he has been sanctioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.[5][6]
Political positions[]
In 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.[7]
Personal life[]
Glucksmann was married to Georgian and Ukrainian politician Eka Zguladze until 2014.[8]
He has a son, Gabriel, born 12 March 2017, with journalist Léa Salamé.[9]
Publications[]
- 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.
References[]
- ^ "Européennes : Place publique, le pari citoyen de Raphaël Glucksmann". Le Parisien. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Européennes, le PS se range derrière Raphaël Glucksmann". La Croix. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Official homepage of the list “Envie d'Europe, écologique et sociale”.
- ^ European elections 2019: official results.
- ^ Rosman, Rebecca (1 October 2020). "One French politician fights to expose China's Uighur concentration camps". Public Radio International. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Irish, John (23 March 2021). Evans, Catherine (ed.). "France summons Chinese envoy over 'unacceptable' insults". Reuters.
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.
- ^ Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (19 May 2021), EU lawmakers urge France, Germany, Italy to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support Reuters.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ Garin, Clément (14 March 2017). "Léa Salamé a accouché : découvrez le joli prénom de son bébé". Télé Star. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- 1979 births
- Living people
- 21st-century French essayists
- Film directors from Paris
- French male journalists
- Sciences Po alumni
- MEPs for France 2019–2024
- Place Publique MEPs
- People from Boulogne-Billancourt