REPORTAGE
The insubordinate French summer school, which runs until August 26 in Toulouse, is unfolding without its leader and founder, Jean Luc Mélenchon, currently on the move in Latin America. A vacuum that can give desires elsewhere to the militants of LFI ...
"We can live without him," repeat activists crossed on the sidelines of these "AMFiS summer". "It's not the center of the world, Jean-Luc Mélenchon," says Françoise. If, for their part, party officials ensure that there is no distance, some activists see in the absence of Jean-Luc Mélenchon a form of "passage of witness".
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Leave room for the younger generation
A witness passage, but with whom? A name often comes back: that of Adrien Quatennens, newly appointed coordinator of the movement. "He has an easy-to-access speech, he is young and he has something that I think is interesting," says one activist.
From there to say that Jean-Luc Mélenchon would not be the candidate of the Insoumis for 2022, Frédéric does not yet take the step. "We will see if he is able to be the best placed to embody the choice of unsubdued," he says. But for now, assures this activist, the deputy of Bouches-du-Rhone still remains the best placed to be a candidate for the Elysee.