Raphaël Glucksmann wants to “do for France what we did for Europe”
Raphaël Glucksmann, leader of the Place Pública, called on the French to join his party to participate “to a great and beautiful project for France”in his return to politics speech at La Réole, in Gironde. The MEP gathered around 2,000 people this weekend to prepare a social democratic option that can challenge the leadership of the left with Jean-Luc Mélenchon and La France insoumise, and defeat the extreme right in 2027.
Glucksmann, who came to the head of the left in the European elections with 14%, headed the joint list of the Socialist Party and Place Publique on a pro-European and anti-LFI line, wants to continue “the political adventure, which must lead us to power.” Place Publish went from 1,500 members to almost 11,000 in a few weeks, but “We must be five or ten times more numerous”the MEP asked.
Short “Do for France what we did for Europe”proposed in particular as the first project “the change in the voting method and the transition to proportional representation in our country”. Refusing to appeal “for platform purposes, positions or easy solutions”took an oath “sincerity”.
“If we want to take radical measures, we will take them effectively, (…) This is not a contest of “there are more left than me, you die””He continued to make advances towards Jean-Luc Mélenchon, but “take strong measures because the situation requires it and we will have worked on them enough”he insisted.
He also promised not “don’t put anything under the rug”and address the issues “that sometimes seem to bother the left”such as security, authority, identity, integration and immigration. “But that doesn’t mean we’re going to make right-wing speeches about these issues. This means that we will have our answers to these questions. »
Left, “At the moment there are initiatives emerging everywhere, but that should not worry us at all”he assured. “These initiatives will converge. They will feed on each other.”he promised. Recently, the president (socialist) of the Occitania region, Carole Delga, organized leftist meetings in Bram (Aude), while the mayor (PS) of Saint-Ouen, Karim Bouamrane, launched his movement.
