Presidential election 2027: Will François Ruffin run?
At a time when Emmanuel Macron’s popularity rating in the polls is at its lowest (69% negative opinions according to an Ipsos poll for Le point, 12 2027 are already waiting in the wings. In the ranks of the NUPES, we think of the post-Mélenchon era, with François Ruffin, 47, elected MP for the first constituency of the Somme, during the last general election in 2017, for a second term.
A presidential ambition? François Ruffin had mentioned it himself in an interview granted to Konbini on February 19. He reiterated that he does not rule out running for the presidency “one day” to “represent the most invisible thing in the nation,” even if he “doesn’t think about it in the morning.” [se] skim nor walk”.
A cluster poll for Le Point shows Jean-Luc Mélenchon and François Ruffin with more than 20% of voting intentions: Jean-Luc Mélenchon (24%) and François Ruffin (21%), the margin of error is two points. It should be noted that in this survey, Marine Le Pen comes first (39%), followed by Edouard Philippe (25%) and Jordan Bardella (23%).
Still, it didn’t take more to excite Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who tweeted: “Great cluster survey. François Ruffin and I have passed the 20 percent mark.” And the rebellious leader concludes: “François is ready. In advance ! “. Should we see there the sign of a dubbing of the one who has already presented himself three times for the presidential elections? It is very similar to him … With more reluctance, but invited this morning on BFMTV-RMC, LFI MP Clémentine Autain called for a “consolidation of the NUPES” before asking the presidential candidate’s question: This ‘n’ is not the topic of the moment”.
Right now or not, the question is tormenting people’s minds: François Ruffin, about to run in the next presidential elections? When he replied to Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s tweet with the formula “I say thank you, everything is very nice, but it’s not the time”, he also hinted last February: “If one day I have to embody it , I will do it”…
