Three years before the presidential election, François Ruffin positioned himself for the first time in the race for the Élysée. The deputy for the Somme, questioned by The World at the beginning of the week, replied « Oui » to the question of whether he was thinking about 2027. “Of course, it’s obvious… 2027 is a card that is on the table », he declares in this article published by the daily this Friday, November 8. And to continue: « There will be no other path than a path of freedom and audacity to respond to a deep aspiration of the people of the left. »
A rupture recorded since July
An interview conducted two days before the release of his film Get to work!produced with Gilles Perret, in which François Ruffin takes Sarah Saldmann, an ultraliberal television figure, to meet working-class French people. “These men and women, rarely visible on the big screen, take great pride in appearing there. Restoring the pride of the people is an essential political function”declared the MP.
Two months earlier, the one who now sits with Environmentalists at the National Assembly had published a book Itinerary. My whole France, not halfdefinitively marking its break with France Insoumise (FI). A split that began last summer, before the second round of the legislative elections. He explained that after refusing the party's nomination, his place would not be “not in the FI group”, in which he had served since 2017. The former journalist, who criticizes rebels in particular for neglecting rural populations, then estimated: “My disagreements with Jean-Luc Mélenchon are known. They are deep on democracy, on sound and fury rather than quiet strength. »
Before leaving, one last thing…
Unlike 90% of French media today, Humanity does not depend on large groups or billionaires. This means that:
- we bring you unbiased, uncompromising information. But also that
- we don't have not the financial means that other media benefit from.
Independent and quality information has a cost. Pay it.
I want to know more
France
