For 80 long years, the US has been a strategic ally of European democracies. Today, this administration is no longer our ally," Mr. Raphaël Glucksmann - a member of the European Parliament and a potential candidate for French President in 2027 - shared with local media.
We are not US states, so the US administration cannot interfere in European internal affairs," Mr. Glucksmann added, calling on European leaders to show an "extremely tough stance on the US administration.
The French politician did not specify what is considered an intervention, but noted that President Trump's push back to the idea that the US controls Greenland - a semi-autonomous territory belonging to EU member Denmark - has increased tensions in recent months.
Mr. Glucksmann's statement was made in the context that France is having disagreements with the US on many issues, from trade, foreign policy to the conflict in Ukraine.
Tensions escalated on February 23 when France restricted US Ambassador Charles Kushner's access to ministers, after he did not respond to the summons related to comments on the US Embassy's social media about the murder of a French far-right activist.
Meanwhile, Mr. Glucksmann has not officially announced whether to run for president or not, but is considered one of the brightest candidates in the moderate center-left faction.
Elabe's survey released in November 2025 showed that he received 11% of support - double the level of Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure and higher than former President François Hollande - but still ranked behind far-right leader Marine Le Pen, centrist politician Edouard Philippe and Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the far-left.
Another survey released by Toluna Harris in October 2025 showed that Mr. Glucksmann received from 12% to 14%, equal to Mr. Mélenchon.
