With his 22% in the first round of the presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who is aiming for a majority in the National Assembly with his union of the lefts (Nupes), had several times hinted that he “was rather preparing for the idea of being Prime Minister than the idea of being a deputy once more”.
“I think we will be in the second round in at least 80% of the constituencies,” bet Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “We are the favourites, as long as we don’t do anything stupid”, he had launched before, believing that this legislative election, “it is the one which will give the political mandate”.
He therefore bequeaths to Manuel Bompard this 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône, in the popular center of Marseille, which he had won hands down in 2017 (59.85%) and where he exceeded 54% of the votes in the first round of the presidential election on April 10. A result that had “moved a lot”, he confided in voting in the second round, acknowledging to be “a patch here”.
Campaign director of the rebellious leader during the 2017 and 2022 presidential elections, Manuel Bompard was in recent days the negotiator for LFI in order to seal the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) with the PS, the PCF and EELV.
