• Jean-Luc Mélenchon has started his tour of students from France.

    On October 06 he was at the School of Political Science in Paris.

  • During his speech he said that France has 10 million poor people and that it currently has more wealth than it has ever had.

  • 20 Minutes

    took stock of these data.

France "is devastated and our population knows 10 million poor people in a country which has never been so rich in its history".

A shocking statement signed Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Wednesday, during a conference at Sciences Po Paris.

An intervention that is part of a series of meetings with students and during which he addressed many axes of his presidential campaign.

That's enough.

Public services are destroyed, the country is devastated and our people know 10 million poor people in a country that has never been so rich in its history.

We must turn this page there. # JLMSciencesPo pic.twitter.com/1IiDZy8wBS

- Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) October 6, 2021

No sooner had the rebellious candidate published the extracts of his speech on social networks than many opponents shouted lies in the comments: "Advice for the next time: review your files carefully before telling anything. to the French !

Some Internet users attribute the figures cited to Venezuela, a country which is experiencing significant poverty.

"Which country is he talking about?"

Obviously he no longer lives in France.

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20 Minutes

takes stock of these figures.

FAKE OFF

According to data published by INSEE two days ago, "9.2 million people live below the monetary poverty line, or 1,102 euros per month".

These figures relate to 2019, the latest year available.

The statistical service even mentions the figure of 13 million people "in a situation of monetary poverty or material and social deprivation", ie "one in five".

Let's move on to the second part of the candidate's statement.

Is France richer than ever?

Yes, if we exclude the year 2020, marked by the coronavirus epidemic and the lockdowns that have slowed the economy.

According to figures from INSEE, gross GDP amounted to 2.332 billion euros in 2019, a total never reached in the past.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon will therefore not have to “revise his files” before his next speech.

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