Raphaël Glucksmann Explained

Raphaël Glucksmann
Office:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start:2 July 2019
Constituency:France
Birth Date:15 October 1979
Birth Place:Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Nationality:French
Party:Place Publique
Alma Mater:Sciences Po
Spouse:Eka Zguladze (divorced)
Partner:Léa Salamé
Children:2
Parents:André Glucksmann

Raphaël Glucksmann (in French pronounced as /ʁafaɛl ɡlyksman/, born 15 October 1979) is a French politician, journalist, and film director. In May 2019, he was elected a member of the European Parliament, within the S&D alliance.

Early life and career

Glucksmann is the son of philosopher André Glucksmann (who was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent) 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

Beginnings

In 2018, Glucksmann founded the French centre-left Place Publique party.[1]

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

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 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 re-education 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 Magazines annual MEP Awards.[12]

2024 European elections

In 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 of the national votes,[14] 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), which confirmed the increasing prominence of Raphaël Glucksmann as a national political figure.[15]

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.[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

Glucksmann 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Européennes : Place publique, le pari citoyen de Raphaël Glucksmann. Le Parisien. 29 October 2018. 17 March 2019. 23 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323030515/http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/europeennes-place-publique-le-pari-citoyen-de-raphael-glucksmann-29-10-2018-7930326.php. live.
  2. News: Européennes, le PS se range derrière Raphaël Glucksmann . . 16 March 2019 . 17 March 2019 . 23 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190423104114/https://www.la-croix.com/France/Politique/Europeennes-PS-range-derriere-Raphael-Glucksmann-2019-03-16-1201009280 . live .
  3. https://enviedeurope.eu/ Official homepage of the list “Envie d'Europe, écologique et sociale”
  4. https://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/europeennes-2019/FE.html European elections 2019: official results
  5. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/flash/24221/Full%20Members%20new%20committees_09-07-2020_en.pdf Members of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union
  6. Clothilde Goujard (25 January 2022), Lawmakers want to step up fight against foreign meddling in EU affairs Politico Europe.
  7. https://responsiblebusinessconduct.eu/wp/members/ Members
  8. https://thespinelligroup.eu/board-members/ Board & Members
  9. News: Rosman. Rebecca. October 1, 2020. One French politician fights to expose China's Uighur concentration camps. Public Radio International. October 14, 2020. 13 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201013010450/https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-10-01/one-french-politician-fights-expose-china-s-uighur-concentration-camps. live.
  10. News: France summons Chinese envoy over 'unacceptable' insults . . 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. . John . Irish . March 23, 2021 . Catherine . Evans . 23 March 2021 . 23 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210323130538/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-china/france-summons-chinese-envoy-over-unacceptable-insults-idUSKBN2BF1MU . live .
  11. Web site: Biondi . Annachiara . August 3, 2020 . The EU's fight against fashion's forced labour supply chain . Vogue Business.
  12. News: MEP Awards 2024 - The Rising Stars. 21 March 2024. The Parliament Magazine. 26 March 2024.
  13. Web site: 2024-03-24 . Européennes: Glucksmann veut "réveiller l'Europe" pour son premier meeting près de Toulouse . 2024-05-01 . L'Express . fr.
  14. Web site: Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections Européennes 2024 . 10 June 2024. Ministère de l'intérieur.
  15. Web site: European elections 2024: Socialist Raphaël Glucksmann wins his gamble, coming in third place . 10 June 2024. LeMonde.fr.
  16. Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (19 May 2021), EU lawmakers urge France, Germany, Italy to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support Reuters.
  17. Sarah Anne Aarup and Stuart Lau (November 2, 2021), MEPs set to land in Taiwan on Tuesday, defying Beijing Politico Europe.
  18. Web site: Qin . Amy . November 10, 2021 . As Distrust of China Grows, Europe May Inch Closer to Taiwan . The New York Times.
  19. Web site: Gaza: Raphaël Glucksmann refuse le terme de génocide mais dénonce un "carnage" . BFMTV . fr.
  20. News: Guerre en Ukraine: «Il y a un décalage entre les mots et les actes» de Macron, dénonce Glucksmann . 10 June 2024 . Le Figaro . 26 April 2024 . fr.
  21. News: Dans la famille Glucksmann, le fils est conseiller de président . fr . In the Glucksmann family, the son is an advisor to the president . Le Monde . 5 October 2011 . 19 December 2014 . 31 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141231214913/http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2011/10/05/dans-la-famille-glucksmann-le-fils-est-conseiller-de-president_1582449_3214.html . live .
  22. Web site: Léa Salamé a accouché : découvrez le joli prénom de son bébé . Télé Star . 14 March 2017 . 8 January 2019 . Garin, Clément . 31 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180831104425/https://www.telestar.fr/actu-tv/lea-salame-a-accouche-decouvrez-le-joli-prenom-de-son-bebe-270623 . live .

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