Somme MP François Ruffin suggested on Thursday that he could be tempted to enter the race for the Élysée during the next presidential election. “I am preparing for there to be a card placed on the table,” said the elected representative of the Somme on RTL.

A few days earlier, Jean-Luc Mélenchon had said he was ready to “be replaced” for the next election, after three candidacies in a row. The priority remained “first and foremost” the campaign for the European elections, which will be held in June.