Valjean for President? Glucksmann, Mélenchon and Les Misérables
Raphaël Glucksmann isn’t even a Socialist Party member. Last Sunday, he won its primary anyway, with two-thirds of the vote, leaving the party’s own leader on 14 per cent. Stefan de Vries asks what is left of the French Socialists, why the “united left” never got to hold its own vote, and who really gains from Glucksmann’s win: Mélenchon, or François Hollande waiting in the wings.
Plus: a new Les Misérables hits French cinemas, with Vincent Lindon as Jean Valjean. Why does France keep filming the same old stories? And in a campaign where everyone wants a hero, who gets to claim Valjean, the…
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