Paris (AFP)
LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon and head of the list for the European elections Manon Aubry assured Sunday want to "pass the Republicans" the evening of May 26, relying on some polls placing them a few points behind the right party.
"Our clear goal is to pass the Republicans, we want to pose as the voice that will thwart the duo formed" by LREM and the RN at the top of the polls (beyond 20%), said Manon Aubry at a press conference held in place of the "insubmission festival" and outdoor meeting place Stalingard, canceled due to bad weather forecasts Sunday afternoon.
"We can be at 12, 14, 15% and be ahead, to represent the alternative carrying the ecological and social aspirations of an entire population," said Ms. Aubry, while setting the minimum target of LFI to 11% obtained in the legislative elections of 2017.
If an interactive Harris survey actually gave LFI 10% of voting intentions and LR 12.5% Sunday, several other polling institutes instead place the Unsuspects a notch below, in a mano to mano with EELV, between 7 and 9 %.
"It's us the strength," claimed Jean-Luc Mélenchon, questioned on statements of the head of the PCF list Ian Brossat, who claimed on RTL Sunday to be "the profitable ballot".
"If you vote for us and we go over the 5% mark, you get five MEPs in one go, whereas if you add your voice to a list already at 8%, at best you add a additional MEP, "Ian Brossat reasoned.
"Maybe well but if it's not 5% it will lose three (seats) on the other side, which will go directly to the majority party," said Melenchon. And then, he continued, "we salute the dynamics of a campaign that went from 2 to 3.5%; bravo, it's beautiful, but what we are talking about is who in this country is capable of changing, not just appearances, but the reality and the political life of the country ".
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