The LFI candidate, who benefits from a good polling dynamic, estimated in an interview with the JDD that he was “on the doorstep of the second round“.
“I say to every conscience on the left: everyone is personally responsible for the outcome“, proclaims the rebellious presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the JDD, believing to be”on the doorstep of the second round“. Asked about his ability to bring the left together as socialist Anne Hidalgo and environmentalist Yannick Jadot criticize his positions on Ukraine, Mr Mélenchon replied: “Their hostility wants to prevent me from reaching the second round. But who will be there then? Le Pen or Zemmour. Do they assume this unspoken choice?“He tackles in particular the mayor of Paris:”The PS? At 1.5% (in the polls), what good is it, other than to speak ill of me?»
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As for the communist Fabien Roussel, he “assessed his difference with me on steak and chips, police and nuclear as worth a competing candidacy. At what political cost? I regretadds Mr. Mélenchon. “But his voters know that they will be decisive to carry me to the second round“, insists the Insoumis.
“The popular union will not come from the chiefs”
According to the man who declared himself in 2020 to try to protect himself from divisions on the left, “the popular union will not come from the chiefs, but from the people at the base“. “I say to every leftist, progressive, humanist conscience: everyone is personally responsible for the outcome», adds Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who asks «don’t hide behind chiefs blocking“.
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He assures: “Today, I arrive on the doorstep of the second round. The key is in your personal ballot“. L’Insoumis entrusts:This presidential, I feel it well.The deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône is credited with 10 to 13% of the voting intentions, far ahead on the left, but still several points from the second round in most polls.
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