Except for a few drops of rain, the weather was ideal this weekend in La Réole, a small fortified town in the Gironde, 60 kilometers from Bordeaux, to host the political start and new ambitions of Raphaël Glucksmann. Specificity of the place, its mayor, Bruno Marty, is one of the few councilors called Public Place, the small party of the MEP. This former socialist had put at the disposal of the elected man his town hall, his former Benedictine priory and his impressive view of the Garonne.
Eternal midnight blue suit, immaculate white shirt and immovable smile, Raphaël Glucksmann spent two days eliminating an ambiguity, that of his political future. Breaking the silence of recent weeks, the chosen one gave a speech with presidential overtones on Sunday, October 6, giving a new turn to his political career, until then confined to the European Parliament. “In 2025 or 2027, it will not be a substitute for Macronism or left-wing populism that will prevent the extreme right from taking power, it will be us,” he proclaimed, eager to access responsibilities.
Raphaël Glucksmann has charted a new path, “Gironde”heir to “Montesquieu Liberalism” and located myour “Robespierre” a reference to Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and “Jupiter” (Emanuel Macron). A political project “who should bring us to power”, It will be immobilized in June 2025, with a view to early legislative elections, in the event of a new dissolution. “We had the right to be surprised in June, now we have to be prepared”He insisted throughout the weekend. The media diets that made the coordinator of La Francia insumisa (LFI), Manuel Bompard, say in September that “Glucksman” had ” “Macron killed him by dissolving the National Assembly.” the “rebel” congratulated himself.
A certain lack of style
On Sunday, the MEP, who had remained silent to the point of worrying those close to him, prepared to distribute the scratches. “We see the bombs raining. An Interior Minister who uses the words of Victor Orban »he accused, referring to Bruno Retailleau’s immigration speeches.
But the essayist, who hates being “in the comment”, and refuses to get involved in the political mess, he will have to use violence against himself. Symptomatic of a certain lack of style, the MEP did not understand, for example, on the night of the dissolution, that the left would immediately unite for the legislative elections. He also failed to influence the negotiations with the Socialist Party (PS) during the distribution of constituencies, despite obtaining good results in the European elections.
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