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Glucksmann and Mélenchon clash after Socialist candidate expelled from protest

Glucksmann and Mélenchon clash after Socialist candidate expelled from protest

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Raphaël Glucksmann, Parti Socialiste and Place publique lead candidate for the June European elections, arrives for a rally in Villeurbanne (Rhône), near Lyon, on May 1, 2024. OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP Raphaël Glucksmann had previously decided not to respond to criticism from those on his left. But after a tense May Day, the member of the European Parliament decided to counter-attack. As he was about to join the demonstration in Saint-Etienne, the Socialists’ lead candidate for the June European elections was targeted by some 50 people shouting “Get out!”, “Palestine will live,” and throwing projectiles and paint at him, forcing him to leave. Read more May Day: Police say 120,000 march in France, union claims 200,000 Speaking to the press as he was leaving, the MEP accused three left-wing and far-left groups, the Young Communists, Révolution Permanente, and La France Insoumise [LFI], of being behind the attack. Révolution Permanente, a Trotskyist group, and LFI, the party founded by three-time presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, immediately denied any involvement, although several witnesses did spot LFI flags in …

Macron is all talk, no action on Ukraine, says left-wing rival Glucksmann – POLITICO

Macron is all talk, no action on Ukraine, says left-wing rival Glucksmann – POLITICO

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Glucksmann, a member of the Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament, said France sends “only 3,000 shells per month” to Ukraine, while Russia fires “20,000 shells a day.” While some early estimates indicated that Russia could be firing as many as 20,000 shells a day, others sees that figure as being closer to 10,000. He accused Macron of having “neglected Warsaw and Vilnius” in favor of “Beijing and Moscow,” accusing the French president of being part of “an old tradition of French elites who feel smug when they have a special relation” with the Chinese and Russian regimes. Backing Kyiv’s war effort is a necessity not just for Ukraine — but also for France, he added, pointing to Russian cyberattacks against French hospitals. “There’s a hybrid warfare being led against our democracies, which translates militarily on the Ukrainian front.” Rising in the polls Glucksmann, who represents his own party Place Publique and is supported by the French Socialist Party, is leading his second EU election campaign. Though his list received barely above six percent of the vote …