I think the historical socialist party (PS) is in many ways closer to Mélenchon than to Macron. Don’t forget there were actual communists in Mitterrand’s coalition !
I agree on Hollande’s hesitations, but it was that Mélenchon’s lite campaign that brought him to power—and his Macron lite policy was the catalyst to the PS demise as their electors switched en masse to
Mélenchon.
I think the historical socialist party (PS) is in many ways closer to Mélenchon than to Macron. Don’t forget there were actual communists in Mitterrand’s coalition ! I agree on Hollande’s hesitations, but it was that Mélenchon’s lite campaign that brought him to power—and his Macron lite policy was the catalyst to the PS demise as their electors switched en masse to Mélenchon.