After a very political summer during which he deliberately stayed away from microphones and television sets, Raphaël Glucksmann spoke out again last week, on August 20.
In an interview with the Pointthe leader of the Socialist Party-Place publique list, which came third in the European elections, called on social democrats to free themselves from Macronism and Mélenchonism. “Jupiter and Robespierre, it’s over! We have to turn the page on Macron and Mélenchon”he decided.
The MEP, who had ended up supporting the left-wing coalition of the New Popular Front in the name of“a united electoral action against the extreme right”advocates a break with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whom he accuses of having only one goal, “to be a candidate for the presidency, as soon as possible, even if it means opening the way to the extreme right”while projecting himself to 2027.
“French social democracy has for too long been eaten up on its left wing by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and on its right wing by Emmanuel Macron. (…) This is my conviction: in 2027, it will be social democracy, and not a substitute for Macronism or an avatar of left-wing populism, which will face Le Penism.he bets.
If he claims the ” responsibility “ of “to build an intellectually dominant social democratic force, with a credible project for transforming society (…), who is able to beat the extreme right in the next national elections”Mr. Glucksmann still excludes being an option for Matignon while being critical of the method adopted by the NFP to seek power since the second round of the legislative elections.
“It would have been necessary to engage in dialogue on the evening of the second round with the political parties that participated in the Republican front against the National Rally on the basis of priorities, such as increasing the minimum wage, the return of the ISF or the acceleration of the ecological transition. The opposite was done: weeks behind closed doors to identify a hypothetical prime minister.”he laments.
