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François Ruffin: the original but solitary voice of a protester converted to the art of compromise

2022-11-18T19:11:50.045Z


ANALYSIS – Will the deputy of the Somme, revolutionary yesterday and social democrat today, be to Jean-Luc Mélenchon what Michel Rocard was in the 1970s to François Mitterrand?


He annoyed everyone;

including his political comrades.

He seduces everyone;

even his political adversaries.

With the new quinquennium, a new Ruffin has arrived.

The pen of

Fakir

and the filmmaker of

Merci patron!

was what the left produced most radical and most marginal;

the deputy of the Somme appears to be refocused.

Yesterday's revolutionary wants to be a social democrat today;

and follower of

"compromise"

.

He asserted his vision of the world, he now seeks to understand the expectations of society.

Macron fashion began with the cover of

L'Obs

in 2015;

the author of

I write to you from the front of the Somme

has just made the front page of

L'Obs

.

Will François Ruffin be to Jean-Luc Mélenchon what Michel Rocard was to François Mitterrand in the 1970s?

The youngest - he is 47 years old, the boss of LFI, 71 - pointing

to the "archaism"

of the veteran?

The two men are annoyed by the staging of their supposed rivalry.

Although they don't consider themselves to be in competition, the two…

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Source: lefigaro

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