“We can do something great on Sunday”assured Thursday April 7 on franceinfo Manuel Bompard, MEP La France insoumise, campaign director of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, three days before the first round of the presidential election.
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“Jean-Luc Mélenchon ends his campaign like everyone else and he does so with the prospect of a possible qualification in the second round”, emphasizes Manuel Bompard. The candidate of La France insoumise addresses “to the abstainers”but also “to voters who are hesitating between several left-wing candidates”. The candidate’s campaign manager assures that Jean-Luc Mélenchon is “the only candidate on the left who can be in the second round”.
“There is an opportunity to drive out the far right in the first round, and that cannot be overlooked.”
Manuel Bompard, LFI MEPat franceinfo
Manuel Bompard observes “constant progress” of Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the voting intentions because “many people decide late”. With the health crisis and the war in Ukraine, many French people have “interested in the campaign late and now people are making their choice”.
“If you want a left-wing candidate in the second round, you have to vote for Jean-Luc Mélenchon”hammers his campaign manager. “If you want to beat the far right in the first round, you have to vote for Jean-Luc Mélenchon. If you want price freezes on fuels, basic necessities, you have to vote for Jean-Luc Mélenchon”further details Manuel Bompard, who also mentions “retirement at 60 for everyone”or “the increase in the minimum wage to 1,400 euros net” as well as “the Sixth Republic” Where “the response to the ecological emergency”.
Manuel Bompard appeals “to all those who hesitate” to go vote. “Don’t miss this chance, this opportunity to have a left-wing candidate in the second round and to bring responses to the emergencies that are today’s emergenciesadds the MEP. This is happening now.”
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