Despite not very encouraging polls, Jean-Luc Mélenchon believes in it: the second round of the French presidential election is within reach. And the candidate of the Popular Union is therefore now concentrating his attacks against the one he sees as his main rival Emmanuel Macron. Illustration in Tours Thursday evening where Jean-Luc Mélenchon gathered nearly 2,500 of his supporters.
With our special correspondent in Tours, Aurelien Devernoix
“ Fortunately, the comedy is over. Now the board is stabilized “: Jean-Luc Mélenchon is relieved. All the candidates on the left are now known and he believes that they are no match for him: ” For years, we were the challengers. Now we’re the biggest piece “.
Macron, the real adversary
So make way for the real adversary: Emmanuel Macron. A president with an economic and social record deemed disastrous: “ There are eight million people who need access to food aid. There are twelve million people who are cold at home. But, they are told: everything is fine, growth is back. Unemployment is coming to an end. Everything is fine ! “.
Crisis of Covid-19, education, housing, gas prices, nursing home scandal: these are the facets of the same problem for Jean-Luc Mélenchon. A galloping liberalism defended by the resident of the Elysée: ” You think the money will trickle out, from the rich man’s table, so bigger and bigger crumbs that you can distract yourself from, my dear Jacquouille “.
People’s Justice
Faced with the “president of the rich”, Jean Luc Mélenchon sets himself up as the people’s vigilante: ” So yes, I’m screaming because this world is hateful to us. We do not support its inequality. We can’t stand his violence “. Jean-Luc Mélenchon leader of the left, no doubt. Emmanuel Macron’s first challenger is still a long way off. The “rebellious” remains for the moment fifth in the presidential voting intentions.
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