Neither of them really want to see the match confiscated, less than two months before the European elections. Faced with the announced duel between the National Rally (RN) and the presidential camp, Raphaël Glucksmann like François-Xavier Bellamy dream of rejuvenating an old divide.
“The real divide on a European scale is a left-right divide. The real issue in these elections is to know who, the European left or the European right, will win
,” said the head of the Socialist list to his competitor LR, who responded with a nod.
After having debated at the start of the week with Jordan Bardella on France Inter, the third man in the poll (surveyed between 12% and 13% of voting intentions) faced the leader of the right this Sunday evening on the BFMTV set.
“Our disagreements with Raphaël Glucksmann are very numerous, but I believe that the fact that a reasonable and serious left is rebuilding itself is good news
,” said François-Xavier Bellamy, whose list oscillates between 6 and 8.5% of the voting intentions.
The day after the Iranian strikes in Israel, during the night from Saturday to Sunday, the two men each “strongly”
condemned
Tehran’s military escalation.
“The very existence of Israel is part of our European responsibility
,” argued François-Xavier Bellamy, who criticizes the Socialist Party for not having been “severe” enough. Notably when left-wing parliamentarians, including Raphaël Glucksmann, asked in a press release to
“stop delivering weapons”
to the Jewish state.
“Ukraine needs ammunition”
“I have never stammered in defending Israel's right to security
,” defended the essayist, who maintained his desire not to
“deliver weapons that can be used against civilians in Gaza »
. The LR MEP in return accused him of playing
"at the same time"
on the conflict, the ceasefire being able to take place only when Hamas
"lays down its arms"
.
Their views have become even more divided on the Ukrainian issue, while the war has been bogged down for more than two years. As for Kiev's accession to the European Union, François-Xavier Bellamy firmly opposed it and criticized the socialist for making
"a false promise"
by opening the door to the country.
“What Ukraine needs is ammunition, not chimeras like its entry into the EU
,” justified the LR parliamentarian. And his opponent replied:
“It is a question of a reunification of our European continent, it is our historic mission and it is an essential issue.”
After the adoption at the beginning of the week of the asylum and migration pact in the European Parliament, which they both opposed, the two contenders rolled out their antagonistic programs on immigration. Raphaël Glucksmann, who called for
“a legal path for foreign workers”
, notably encouraged a
“distribution of asylum requests”
in countries through
“European solidarity”
.
Facing him, François-Xavier Bellamy wants to
“reconstruct our borders”
to put an end to
“wandering”
, the only way according to him to escape from
“the migration crisis”
.
“A person who comes to our country is not just a pair of arms (...), it is a person with a representation of the world and a hierarchy of values”
, detailed the philosopher.
“We are importing community conflicts
,” he continued, citing the recent knife attack in Bordeaux (Gironde), committed by an Afghan asylum seeker who accused his victims of drinking alcohol. alcohol on Eid.
While purchasing power remains the first priority of the French, Raphaël Glucksmann pleads for a
“tax on billionaires”
and
“superprofits”
against a backdrop of deterioration in public accounts. Enough to make François-Xavier Bellamy smile, who laughs at a left whose
“all proposals”
are
“more taxes, more debts, more checks in all directions”
.
“When you have such disparities in wealth, the duty, in times of war and economic crisis, is to bring solidarity to life in our nations
,” retorted the candidate of the Party of the Rose.