He closes the door…but not completely.
"I am not a candidate for my succession" to represent La France insoumise in the presidential election of 2027, announced Jean-Luc Mélenchon on France 2 on Thursday, however, sparing the possibility that future "circumstances" decide otherwise.
🇬🇧 Will @JLMelenchon be a candidate in 2027?
🗣 "It can't be settled like that, it's the circumstances that make the applications", evacuates the leader of @FranceInsoumise #Levenement pic.twitter.com/wgMlrchwa5
– The Event (@LevenementFTV) January 12, 2023
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His priority is to “finish the intellectual work,” he said.
“I am not part of the battle for my succession”, indicated from Guyana the one who was a candidate in the last three presidential elections.
“Do you want me to sign a paper for you?
“, he still quipped, believing that “it is the circumstances that make the candidacies”.
Jean-Luc Melenchon
President