Three weeks before the first round of the presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, given third or fourth position in the polls, gathered his supporters on Sunday in a “republican march” in Paris, before attending a giant meeting of the candidate.
The candidate, who already sees himself in the second round, took advantage of this great march between the Bastille and the Republic to recall his program and the reasons why the Sixth Republic is essential according to him. How to explain this optimism of the leader of La France insoumise? Answers with the political scientist Pascal Perrineau, professor emeritus at Sciences Po and former director of Cevipof. Author of Populismcollection Que sais-je (PUF).