France Inter: This morning you are interested in the other left for her too, it’s a new situation after the attacks in Paris. How does she see the future?
The other left is one that considers itself the true left, compared to that of François Hollande and Manuel Valls. I speak of Cécile Duflot, Jean-Luc Mélenchon or the Communist Pierre Laurent. Before the attacks, they were busy to set up an alternative to power. They were looking for a solution to unite their forces. Well, today, even if everyone agrees that nothing will ever be the same, their plan has not changed. We saw Monday night, they were meeting in Paris to support the Greek Alexis Tsipras. With Syriza party, he is likely to win the early parliamentary in his country, on an anti-austerity speech.
We will not blame them for being constant …
No, that’s for sure. On the merits, moreover, they have no reason to keep quiet. They argue from the beginning to a reorientation of European integration, the fight against liberalism that is responsible, according to Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the “martyrdom of the people.” Whether we agree or not, these debates are scheduled to resume these discussions must continue. But the side of the political strategy, one must see …
Why?
Because it no longer works. Let me explain. Their strategy was quite clear: the aim was to raise forces on the failed presidency of François Hollande. Sure, they deplored the lack of results, but they mainly targeted him personally. They regretted his style, they made fun of his way of exercising power. “Hollande is zero” is “a pedal boat captain”, “this is the worst of all, it’s even worse than Sarkozy,” Mélenchon repeated everywhere. “Hollande will lead his own camp to disaster”, that’s for Pierre Laurent. “By dint of wanting to be the president of all, Francois Hollande is anyone’s president,” wrote Cecile Duflot …
Yes they spared him nothing …
Yes, we can even say that they had fired a cross on it. Except that with its management, welcomed by the opinion of the dramatic events that France has just passed through, the president makes all these criticisms then much harder to utter … Or even impossible. Moreover, many of the opponents of Hollande face this problem today. I think of Nicolas Sarkozy, who also repeatedly said that Hollande was “lousy.” The boss of the PS Jean-Christophe Cambadélis is convinced “The argument Francois Hollande is an amateur will not be used.”
This obviously does not prevent criticism of its policy of return, which does not prevent the legitimate impatience while waiting for results. But perhaps on a less personal and more streamlined registry …
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