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Raphaël Glucksmann won the social-democrat primary with more than 66% of the votes, sparking comments on the political landscape and tensions regarding certain opponents like Jean-Luc Mélenchon, according to the mayor of Béziers, Robert Ménard. #Glucksmann2027 #PrimaireSocialeDémocrate #ÉlectionsPrésidentielles (translated)

Mr. Glucksmann is an opponent. Jean-Luc Mélenchon is a danger. Victory of Raphaël Glucksmann in the social-democratic primary: "Mr. Glucksmann is an opponent. Jean-Luc Mélenchon is a danger," declares Robert Ménard, DVD mayor of Béziers. #PrimaireSocialeDémocrate #RaphaëlGlucksmann #Elections2027 (translated)

François Piquemal wrote that Raphaël Glucksmann supported Jean-Luc Moudenc during the municipal elections in Toulouse and that the latter reciprocated. He believed that the support of a mayor who, according to him, was pursuing a radical right-wing policy should alert sincere socialists, and he called on them to join his camp, which he presented as the "quiet force." https://t.co/WfpDiZblZk #Politique #Toulouse #Gauche (translated)

The inhabitants have no way of knowing whether they are law enforcement agents or people attacking someone in the street. And when it comes to ICE, it raises a question: what is the difference? Nothing justifies such a situation. This last point was also raised by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a press conference held Thursday evening in the wake of the events. #JusticePourLesImmigrés #NewYork #Fusillade (translated)

Impact reported that Olivier Truchot opposed the presence of elected officials at demonstrations and questioned why Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of Saint-Denis and not Paris, participated in a Parisian gathering. Truchot believed that elected officials should instead address problems, regardless of their political affiliation. After a speaker asked him if the elected officials who demonstrated against anti-Semitism were also wrong, Truchot responded that the situation was different. #Politique #Manifestation #République (translated)

Bally Bagayoko explained that his group abstained during the vote on a wish presented by the opposition elected officials from the Socialist, Environmentalists, and Citizens group at the municipal council. The text focused on the protection of girls and women against excision and female genital mutilation, as well as the adoption of a comprehensive law against sexist and sexual violence (SSV). He said that his group supported the fight against mutilations and reminded that nearly 500 patients received follow-up each year in the municipality. He also praised the work of the Women's House, Delafontaine Hospital, and various associations, and asked the State to strengthen the resources allocated for prevention and medical follow-up. According to Bally Bagayoko, the abstention concerned the request to quickly adopt the law on SSV. He indicated that the bill had been significantly amended in committee at the National Assembly the week of the municipal council, and its content remained uncertain. His group had asked to remove references to this law from the wish in order to be able to vote in favor of the text on the fight against excision, but the opposition had refused, he wrote. He believed that this refusal had hindered the pursuit of an agreement and denounced a political instrumentalization of the issue. The group ultimately abstained in order not to block the wish, which was adopted, while not supporting all of its content, he noted. #Excision #DroitsDesFemmes #LutteContreLesViolences (translated)

About twenty families filed a complaint against the Paris city hall and its officials in connection with sexual violence that occurred in extracurricular activities, targeting in particular the current mayor Emmanuel Grégoire and his predecessor Anne Hidalgo. #Périscolaire #ViolencesSexuelles #PlainteCollective (translated)

Sardoche estimated that Lisnard's breakthrough reminded him of Macron's, while considering their paths to be very different. He recalled that Macron had been a minister under François Hollande, in the Socialist Party, an investment banker at Rothschild, and, according to him, supported by the Parisian politico-technocratic circles. He also noted that Macron had never been elected locally before arriving at the Élysée. In contrast, Sardoche indicated that Lisnard had never been a minister, that he had been re-elected mayor of Cannes with more than 80% of the votes in the first round, and that he had been locally established for 25 years. He also mentioned his family background as merchants, his activities as a vendor and small entrepreneur, the odd jobs he would have done to finance his studies, as well as his role as president of the mayors of France. Sardoche added that it was difficult to continue believing in a politician in 2026. He pointed out that some criticized Lisnard for a lack of charisma and a posture that was not in line with that of a great politician, but he believed that his profile was the best possible because voters might see him as a Frenchman attached to his country and foreign to the posturing games that he deemed hypocritical. #Politique #Élections2026 #Leadership (translated)

Mr. Mayor, if you abolish ICE, who will remove criminals from the streets of your city? U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin criticized the Democratic mayor, stating that "his comments were dangerous and incited hostility." #AbolissonsICE #ManifestationNewYork #Immigration (translated)

Let's abolish ICE. Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned this operation and announced that he would ask President Donald Trump, with whom he has a surprisingly good relationship, to suspend ICE actions in New York. #AbolissonsICE #ManifestationNewYork #Immigration (translated)