It has become a habit with Jean-Luc Mélenchon: in a tweet, the leader of the Insoumis is able to create small earthquakes on the left. And the one posted Wednesday, April 12 at midday was no exception when the three-time presidential candidate, commenting on a poll on the 2027 election, hinted that he considered François Ruffin as ” ready to take over. Causing the embarrassment of the deputy of the Somme.
” I say thank you, it’s all very nice, but it’s not the time “, replied François Ruffin, very annoyed, this Thursday, April 13 when he was assailed with questions on France Info about the apparent handover of Jean-Luc Mélenchon the day before. ” What must come first is the team “, kicked in touch the deputy.
However, François Ruffin has been sketching out his ambitions for months, multiplying media offensives, nods to the rest of the left or even placing himself as a speaker for the Insoumis group on pension reform, notes Aurelien Devernoix, from the RFI Political Service. A hyperactivity that may have pushed Jean-Luc Mélenchon to want to force him to assume a status and to have to live with it between now and the presidential election of 2027. A good way to weaken François Ruffin, because in the Insoumis ranks, he does not there is no doubt: Jean-Luc Mélenchon will again be a candidate.
And even if he wasn’t, good luck to François Ruffin “to line up behind him the heirs of mélenchonisme, believes a communist leader. He will therefore have to win support elsewhere in Nupes. And here too the equation is complicated, between ideological differences and presidential ambitions. ” François’ problem is that he has no sense of the collective “Judges an Insoumise rival. And the failure of Jean Luc Mélenchon could well isolate him a little more.
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