Raphaël Glucksmann and François Hollande defend the break with LFI throughout their go to to the Agricultural Show | EUROtoday

The co-founder of Place publique Raphaël Glucksmann and former president François Hollande defended, Monday February 23, meals sovereignty, however above all of the break with La France insoumise (LFI), throughout their journey to the Agricultural Show.

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In separate walks, the 2 representatives of social democracy took many selfies with the general public, and have been every inspired to enter the presidential race, even when they each refused to talk on the topic.

Asked concerning the municipal elections, scheduled for March 15 and 22, Raphaël Glucksmann repeated that he “there will be no alliance with La France insoumise”. “You will not see the Place publique logo with that of La France insoumise”he assured.

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His entourage clarified that the Place publique candidates who’re on joint lists with the Socialist Party would go away these lists if the Socialists selected within the second spherical to merge with LFI, because the rose occasion talked about. “in rare cases”.

Raphaël Glucksmann mentioned he was satisfied that“a majority of French people are extremely worried by the brutalization, by the polarization of the debate”. “When we speak of nuances, of tolerance of otherness, we meet the deep aspirations of the people”he added.

“Avoid extremes”

François Hollande, for his half, castigated “the responsibility of Jean-Luc Mélenchon”who has “contributed to trivializing the far right”. The former president mentioned he was satisfied that “space exists in 2027 for the reformist left, social democracy”which should exhibit that it “can allow France to avoid extremes”.

Socialists don’t “can no longer have an alliance” with LFI, together with within the second spherical of municipal elections, had already estimated, on February 18, François Hollande, who certified the Mélenchonist motion as a formation “far left” by his hyperlinks with the Young Guard, implicated within the dying of far-right activist Quentin Deranque.

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On the agricultural degree, François Hollande expressed his concern relating to the “power safety and quality”.

Raphaël Glucksmann, for his half, defended the concept that, out of the 234 billion euros of European competitiveness funds, there be a minimum of “20 billion” euros allotted to European strategic shares, “so that we can become truly independent players in agricultural and food matters”he defined. He additionally advocated for an agricultural coverage “refounded”judging that she was at the moment “neither egalitarian, nor ecological, nor effective in terms of sovereignty or economic matters”.

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