The scenario of a second round of the presidential election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen anticipated by the polls “will not take place”, assured Tuesday the candidate LFI Jean-Luc Mélenchon, considering that he could climb there at place of the outgoing president. “That will not happen, Macron / Le Pen”, he estimated on Sud Radio when he was asked about his voting instructions in such a case. “I think I have a very serious chance of getting there and that Emmanuel Macron would do well to ask himself if he is really certain that he will be there. Look at the curves”, he said. added.
Mélenchon has enjoyed momentum since mid-March
The LFI candidate has benefited since mid-March from a dynamic in the voting intentions which allows him to settle in third place in the polls. It is at 15.5% in an Ifop Fiducial poll published on Monday, behind Emmanuel Macron (27.5%) and Marine Le Pen (22%), who is also progressing. “It’s democracy: the best performer will convince and I hope it won’t be too manipulative the last week” of the campaign, he added, without specifying his point.
Asked whether he was counting on the rallying of voters of the RN candidate Marine Le Pen, the LFI candidate, who will be meeting in Lille on Tuesday, in the flesh, and in eleven other cities thanks to holograms, said says he wants to convince voters “on all sides”. He felt that today there was “no point in coming back with your pretty little necklace of party logos” but that it was simply necessary to offer ideas to voters who “accept your ideas or reject them”.
Convince the left to vote useful
The candidate said he “understands” the 30% of undecided voters according to the polls, and urged those who are considering abstaining to vote, their “duty” and their “right”. However, Jean-Luc Mélenchon assured that he did not want to “make a guilt campaign” towards the left-wing electorate in order to convince them to vote useful, in a daily interview. Release tuesday. “People think for themselves, they wonder (…). We must not brutalize consciences.”
But “I’m just saying that those who are about to vote for the Greens or the Communists would not put aside their convictions by slipping a ballot in my name”, he added. Asked by franceinfo to find out who his Prime Minister would be if he were elected, he only replied: “The head of government will necessarily be someone who is directly involved with the program The future in common”. He raised the possibility that “the communists” were associated.