Paris (AFP)
LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon believes that the question of deconfinement should be posed "now", judging that placing the French in a form of "voluntary prison" is "not a lasting solution", in an interview to the Obs.
"We have just postponed the confinement for two weeks, but no one has evaluated what would allow us to lift it. The question of deconfinement should arise right now," said Mr. Mélenchon in this interview, while confinement must take place. continue at least until April 15.
"The neoliberal rulers were unable to foresee the entry of the crisis" and "did not begin to think nor how to really overcome it (apart from confinement, the equivalent of the middle quarantine), nor obviously the exit ", he adds.
"Forced confinement is necessary, but that should not make us forget that it is voluntary prison," insists Mr. Mélenchon, noting that "65 million people have put themselves in prison and are watching each other".
The leader of the rebels also reiterates his criticisms of the warrior vocabulary used by the executive, in particular Emmanuel Macron, in the face of the coronavirus epidemic, deeming it "absurd".
"It is intended to suggest a heroic role for the head of state. It also has the function of forcing" silence in the ranks "," denounces Mr. Mélenchon.
"This will to prevent any discussion will continue and even harden, because the governments fear that their criminal responsibility will be called into question. I fear the evolution of this regime which has already manifested such heavy authoritarian tendencies", adds he.
And to underline that "the crisis that we are living has only just begun": "we discover with horror that Europe is almost as powerless against the coronavirus as it was in the 14th century against the black plague".
For the LFI manager "the next world must start now". But in his eyes, "we must not dream", such a world "in Macron sauce will be a new neoliberal shock".
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