for Antoine Oberdoff, political journalist at L’Opinion, the leader of the Insoumis “decided to make these European elections the first round of the 2027 election”

Jean-Luc Mélenchon will hold a surprise conference at Sciences Po Paris, Monday April 22. The opportunity to decipher the strategy of the Insoumis leader. To do this, the political journalist from L’Opinion, Antoine Oberdoff, the environmentalist MP, Aurélien Taché, and the Renew European MP, Ilana Cicurel, are on the 19/20 info set to debate it. “Jean-Luc Mélenchon never stops repeating it, we are the peace camp”, begins Antoine Oberdorff. According to him, the rebellious leader “decided to make these European elections the first round of the 2027 election”. Still according to the journalist from L’Opinion, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, by focusing his campaign on the fate of Palestinian civilians, is seeking to mobilize the youth of working-class neighborhoods.

Aurélien Taché’s position

Aurélien Taché, environmentalist deputy and supporter of Manon Aubry, head of the list rebellious in the European elections, does not agree. “It is not Jean-Luc Mélenchon who wants to make Gaza a subject of the European elections. It is the genocide in Gaza which makes Jean-Luc Mélenchon seize it.” For her part, MEP Ilana Cicurel says she is not against placing the conflict in Gaza at the heart of the European elections. On the other hand, “when we decide to intervene in Europe, in a tragic conflict that has lasted too long, (…) we are an actor, but not by blowing on the embers”she believes.