Presidential 2027: between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Raphaël Glucksmann, the upcoming duel

Jean-Luc Mélenchon is not trying to put out the fire. He intends to take advantage of it. The surge of violence on October 17, which he condemns only half-heartedly, would, to listen to him, only be the result of the strategy of “rot” led by the government of Sébastien Lecornu. What does it matter if the executive in return accuses the tribune and his movement of having blown into the embers of social protest, by galvanizing, through words, the young rioters. The four-time presidential candidate needs radicalism to strengthen his hard core: even under fire from criticism, he remains credited with 15% to 20% (from -1 point to 0.5 point) of voting intentions in the latest Ifop-Fiducial poll for Le Figaro, LCI, Sud Radio, carried out from Saturday evening to Monday.

Above all, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has never seemed so close to winning his dream duel against Marine Le Pen: in all the scenarios tested, the septuagenarian would pass in front of Édouard Philippe, put…