Jean-Luc Mélenchon, in Châteauneuf-sur-Isère on August 23, 2020. -

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As the 2022 presidential election approaches, there are less and less doubts about what the leader of rebellious France is thinking when shaving.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon greeted Monday a "sort of creolization" of French society which needs a "Sixth Republic", on the occasion of the launch of his party's think tank, "the Institut de la Boétie".

The deputy, who was speaking at the Mutualité in front of activists from his party, explained that this organization was called upon to transform into a "foundation" which will be "both a place of high-level intellectual development and a tool for development. 'popular education ".

18 months "to convince"

In a long speech on the Republic, which foreshadows the ideas that he could develop in a future presidential campaign, Jean-Luc Mélenchon affirmed: “we need a new rule of the game. This is why the Sixth Republic is a need vital of the French nation ”.

He estimated that the months which separate from the presidential election of May 2022 are "a short time".

“For us, the issue of the“ Common Future ”program (LFI program) is essential.

And we need these 18 months, which are very short, to convince and expand the number of those who tomorrow will have to get down to work to apply the program in question ”.

He also took the opportunity to criticize President Emmanuel Macron who "would like to organize the competition of territories, with a law known as" differentiation "".

“It means specific laws, it's not the same law for everyone anymore.

The laws that are being prepared are counter-republican laws, ”he accused.

The government adopted a bill at the end of July aimed at simplifying and therefore increasing the number of experiments carried out by local authorities, following Emmanuel Macron's wish to allow “more differentiations” between the territories.

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