
Jean-Luc Mélenchon et François Hollande voient leurs intérêts servis par le déroulement de la primaire de la gauche, malgré l'élimination hâtive de Philippe Brun et les échanges tendus entre Ségolène Royal et Raphaël Glucksmann lors du premier débat sur LCI.
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La primaire de la gauche a été voulue par le parti socialiste d'Olivier Faure et acceptée par Place publique, la formation de Raphaël Glucksmann.
Jusqu’ici tout va bien pour eux. Jean-Luc Mélenchon et François Hollande peuvent se frotter les mains : la primaire de la gauche socialiste se passe comme ils l’avaient prévue. C’est-à-dire au mieux de leurs intérêts respectifs. Le candidat de La France insoumise peut laisser progressivement se dessiner son profil de « vote utile » à gauche ; l’ancien président de la République peut laisser se construire son statut de recours social-démocrate.
Le premier débat télévisé, sur LCI, inversera-t-il le cours des choses ? Cette primaire voulue par le parti socialiste d’Olivier Faure et acceptée par Place publique, la formation de Raphaël Glucksmann, commence sous les plus mauvais auspices. Un candidat, Philippe Brun, écarté à la hâte sur la foi d’accusations sérieuses mais avant même que l’intéressé soit informé ni consulté, et des échanges de piques entre Ségolène Royal, qui a attaqué, et Glucksmann, qui s’est défendu, qui ne sont pas du niveau d’aspirants à la fonction suprême
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Le premier débat télévisé sur LCI pourrait inverser le cours de la primaire
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