It’s not a surprise, rather a carefully framed return to the scene. Jean-Luc Mélenchon formalized his fourth candidacy for the presidential election and, the next day on France Inter, Manuel Bompard set the scene: “a very upset international geopolitical context”. Translation for the reader: Ukraine, NATO, energy, inflation, everything that occurs in daily life ends up weighing on the ballot box.
According to the national coordinator of La France insoumise, the movement decided at the end of a “collective discussion” and chose the one who would be “best placed”, banking on its “tenacity” and its “solidity” to withstand the shocks of the moment.
A “united” candidacy in the face of external winds
Still, four times, it begins to become a trademark, almost a ritual. Bompard accepts and brushes aside the objection: during a meeting with parliamentarians, MEPs and mayors, he said he asked if there was an alternative, without any name coming out, “there was no opposition”.
The message is clear: LFI wants to appear “grouped, united, united” and sell a team already ready to govern, while recalling that Mélenchon would have come close to the second round the last time, “he missed a point”. In a campaign where foreign policy returns like a boomerang on purchasing power and budgetary choices, the rebellious bet is simple: transform the turbulence of the world into electoral fuel, with the promise of going further this time.
