Editorial: Liberation

• Jean-Luc Mélenchon is desperately seeking votes from popular neighborhood youth for the European elections on June 9.
• He focuses his campaign on the Palestine issue, avoiding labeling Hamas attacks as 'terrorist' and showing strong support for students outraged by Israeli bombings in Gaza.
• This approach has not proven very effective in polls, and may also be in conflict with the more socially injustice-focused campaign of his main candidate, Manon Aubry.
• The electorate Mélenchon targets doesn't usually vote in non-presidential elections, especially in European ones.
• Socialists, led by Raphaël Glucksmann, are trying more to show how the decisions made in Brussels can affect the daily lives of potential voters.
• The socialist approach may be more appealing to the upper classes than to the popular ones.
• Greens have the most difficulty attracting the popular classes, who see them as 'dreamers talking about trees'.

Conclusion: The campaign for the European elections is a challenge for all factions of the left, and although there is only a month left to score points, these efforts will not be in vain because 2027 is not far away and the left's task is huge.

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