Valls praises Glucksmann for his “freshness” and “sincerity” but criticizes him for his vote against the asylum and migration pact in the European Parliament. “We are still very far from the sense of responsibility of those who aspire tomorrow to govern,” Valls said.
The social-democrat MEP is in fact credited with 12% of voting intentions, according to the latest Ifop-Fiducial study for Le Figaro, LCI and Sud Radio, propelling him to third place. The former socialist, who spent time in the macronie, still wanted to emphasize “his positions on Ukraine’ and his popularity in the polls, says Valls, who prefers to “nuance[r]” his support for the third man in the EU elections. He said: “In public opinion there is a need to support a left, come on, we will call it reformist against the madness of excesses, verbal violence, the anti-Semitism of La France insoumise”