Raphaël Glucksmann wants to keep a cool head. Two months before the European elections, the leader of the socialists retains his status as third man in the vote, and could even follow on the heels of the presidential camp. In an Elabe poll for La Tribune du Dimanche and BFM TV, published this Sunday, the PS-Place Publique list even reached 12% of voting intentions and narrowed the gap a little further with Renaissance and its allies (16.5%). .

“We feel this dynamic everywhere. Everywhere, there was the same expectation and the same enthusiasm. The fact that we are talking about Europe, and that we have a clear direction, that arouses a form of enthusiasm,” he assured, guest this Sunday of the “Grand Jury-RTL-Le Figaro-M6- Paris Première. Before interrupting himself, a satisfied smile on his lips: “Afterwards, it’s still fragile. I always try to moderate ambitions and enthusiasms. We’re only at the beginning.”

“You can vote without sacrificing the slightest part of yourself,” he told left-wing sympathizers, many of whom had chosen Jean-Luc Mélenchon during the last presidential election. This, while the LFI list led by Manon Aubry only collects between 6% and 7.5% of voting intentions, neck and neck with the environmentalists.

While a good score for the Socialists could shift the balance of power to the left before 2027, the Insoumis are increasing their attacks against Raphaël Glucksmann. “My problem is not Jean-Luc Mélenchon, I notice that he talks a lot about me. I accept our differences,” said the person concerned.

Notably when the three-time presidential candidate accused him on France 3 of “dehumanizing the Palestinians” by refusing to describe the situation in Gaza as “genocide.” “I am not going to waste my time on these criticisms of LFI,” replied the standard bearer of the socialists. We did not stutter in condemning the despicable terrorist attack of October 7 and labeling Hamas a terrorist organization. We did not stammer in condemning the burning of the Gaza Strip to ashes.”

Depicted as an urban candidate by his adversaries, the essayist also tried to undo any “disconnection” process: “Our campaign takes place in the factories, whether in Lorraine or Normandy. We don’t just go to city centers.”

Nevertheless, Raphaël Glucksmann recognizes “the fault of the left” which has lost its footing in the countryside as well as in the middle and working classes. “It must keep us from sleeping, it must take us to the guts (…) It bothers me all the time to see in the polls that workers abstain or vote for National Rally,” he said indignantly.

Faced with the success of Jordan Bardella’s list, which continues to hover at 30% in the polls, Raphaël Glucksmann pointed to a “collective failure, first of the government and of Emmanuel Macron himself who had promised to remove all the reasons for the RN vote.

“This is not a trivial vote. The RN has taken the side of the foreign tyranny of Vladimir Putin for more than ten years,” thundered the one who takes a pro-Ukrainian and European line. And to shoot one last arrow: “These people are junk patriots. They are in reality ideologues who serve foreign interests.