Jean-Luc Mélenchon held a final meeting on Tuesday evening April 5 before the first round of the presidential election. The People's Union candidate, third in voting intentions, used…

French presidential: in Lille, Mélenchon throws his last forces into battle

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The LFI presidential candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, broadcast in the form of a hologram on April 5, 2022 in Le Havre, from Lille.

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon held a final meeting on Tuesday evening April 5 before the first round of the presidential election.

The Popular Union candidate, third in voting intentions, again used the hologram technique to be able to address his supporters in twelve cities simultaneously, including Lille where he was physically present.

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With our special correspondent in Lille,

Aurélien Devernoix

“

We feel our destiny at our fingertips

”, assures Jean-Luc Mélenchon, while there are only a few days left to reverse the trend.

No question for the candidate of La France insoumise to let the second round of the presidential election escape again.

And to defeat the Indian sign, the candidate has a double strategy.

First of all, target his main adversaries: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen.

We are not doomed to suffer its neo-liberal hallucination, or its ethnic, racist hallucination

But above all, go and convince the undecided on the left: "

Make them feel, gently, but forcefully, that everyone is responsible

," he says.

Or those who have crossed over to the other side: “

Listen, you angry people who are not fascists.
Where does this story of bringing this woman to power lead you?

Let's not forget the strength of character, says Camus.

Yours, mine, that of the great team ready to govern the country.

It is she who, in the winter of the world, prepares the fruit.

Such is the springtime of the peoples that it is a question of giving birth to on Sunday.

#MelenchonHolograms pic.twitter.com/AFNs7jiRb3

— Jean-Luc Melenchon (@JLMelenchon) April 5, 2022

Message heard by Annick: “

Family, friends, you have to convince them.
We can convince everyone

, ”she says.

Raouf is, for his part, more circumspect about his ability to return voters to Marine Le Pen: “

I admit that it is a little more complicated.
In our immediate surroundings, we don't necessarily have people who vote for Marine Le Pen.
This evening, he gave us some arguments to be able to debate with them, to deconstruct his speech a little bit.

►Read again: In Toulouse, Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants to stay "motivated" before the first round

Nothing is impossible, swears Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has already made an appointment with his supporters in Paris on Sunday April 17, in the event of qualification.

French presidential: in Lille, Mélenchon throws his last forces into battle

French presidential: in Lille, Mélenchon throws his last forces into battle

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