| Place Publique | |
| Foundation: | 2018 |
| Ideology: | Social democracy[1] |
| Position: | Centre-left |
| Website: | https://place-publique.eu/ |
| Country: | France |
| Native Name: | Place Publique |
| Founders: | Raphaël Glucksmann Claire Nouvian Jo Spiegel Thomas Porcher |
| Colors: | Yellow and Black |
| National: | New Popular Front (2024–present) New Ecological and Social People's Union (2022–2024) |
| Europarl: | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Membership: | 25,000[2] |
| Seats1 Title: | National Assembly |
| Seats2 Title: | European Parliament |
Place Publique (“Public Square”) is a centre-left political party in France,[3] founded in 2018 by Raphaël Glucksmann, Claire Nouvian, Jo Spiegel, and Thomas Porcher.[4]
In January 2019, the movement claimed 25,000 members.[2]
The party was officially founded on 10 August 2018.[4] On October 29, 2018, Raphaël Glucksmann, Thomas Porcher, Jo Spiegel,, 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.[5] Their position was presented as an alternative to La France Insoumise, although Thomas Porcher declared that the movement was not against Jean-Luc Mélenchon.[6]
On 6 November 2018, Raphaël Glucksmann and several party leaders published a manifesto announcing the birth of their movement.[7]
On 16 March 2019, Place Publique and the Socialist Party announced that they would present a joint list at the European Parliament election, with Raphaël Glucksmann as the head of the list.[8] Thomas Porcher left the party the same day, denouncing a "list of apparatchiks".[9] Place Publique won two seats in the election.
In the 2024 European elections, Glucksmann led the list Réveiller l'Europe,[10] an alliance of Place publique with the historical Parti socialiste.[11] The list obtained of the national votes,[12] a high score compared to the obtained in 2019. This result made this list the third nation-wide (after those led by Bardella and Hayer), confirming the increasing prominence of Raphaël Glucksmann as a national figure, and the emergence of Place publique as a political force.[13]
Among the 13 seats obtained by the list “Réveiller l'Europe”, three were held by members of Place publique: Raphaël Glucksmann, Aurore Lalucq, and Thomas Pellerin-Carlin.[14]
In the 2024 French legislative election, Place Publique formed part of the New Popular Front electoral alliance.[15]
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats (whole list) | +/− | Seats (Place publique only) | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,403,170 | 6.19 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 2024 | 3,423,822 | 13.83 | 7 | 1 |