Official kick-off. Raphaël Glucksmann, leader of Place publique, is launching a campaign for the European elections on June 9, with the Socialist Party, Sunday March 24, at 3:30 p.m., near Toulouse, with the hope of doing much better than five years ago. years when he had convinced a little more than 6% of voters. This is not his first meeting, but it is the first with the two political parties, PS and Place publique, united. In Tournefeuille, in the heart of Occitanie, a land of the left, the MEP should rely on his major themes: his passion for Europe and the unfailing defense of Ukraine. Follow our live stream.
In third position in the polls. Credited with 9 to 13% according to polls, Raphaël Glucksmann, a 44-year-old essayist, is currently at the head of the left, in third position behind the head of the National Rally list, Jordan Bardella, and that of the majority Valérie Hayer. The objective is therefore to try to pass in front of Valérie Hayer. “If we exceed the majority, the signal is extremely strong”notes Senator Alexandre Ouizille.
Entry into LR campaign against Emmanuel Macron. For their part, The Republicans launched their European campaign on Saturday with a first major meeting near Paris. They castigated Emmanuel Macron’s record in the hope of winning back their voters “lost”. At the Docks of Paris, in front of some 3,000 activists gathered in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), the right and its head of the list, François-Xavier Bellamy, set the course to try to put afloat a candidacy stalled around 7 % to 8% of voting intentions. Dangerously close to 5%, synonymous with disappearance in the European Parliament.
The heads of guest lists in the media. The head of the Republican list in the European elections, MEP François-Xavier Bellamy, is rightly invited to LCI at noon. The president of the party, Eric Ciotti, is the guest of Europe 1, The echoes and Cnews at 10 a.m. Ian Brossat, spokesperson for the PCF and senator from Paris will be on France 3, at 11:40 a.m., followed by Frédéric Valletoux, Minister of Health and Prevention, at 11:55 a.m. Bernard Guetta, Renew MEP, will be interviewed on M6 at the same time.
A major rally for the National Rally. In an interview with Figaropublished on Sunday, essayist Malika Sorel-Sutter, member of the High Council for Integration and its secularism mission, announces that she has become number 2 on the RN list for the Europeans. “Today, by supporting Marine Le Pen, by being number 2 on the list led by Jordan Bardella, I wish to participate in the French recomposition. I worked with Dominique De Villepin, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Fillon: from now on, I believes that the National Rally is the only party which defends the superior interests of France and the French people”she explains.