Presidential 2022: at Defense, Mélenchon calls his supporters "in combat"
The presidential candidate of the radical left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, gathered several thousand of his supporters at the Defense this Sunday, December 5.
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The presidential candidate of the radical left Jean-Luc Mélenchon gathered several thousand of his supporters in La Défense, in the metropolis of Greater Paris.
A way to give a boost to activists, but also to make exist his ideas, in a campaign saturated by the themes of immigration and security.
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The candidate of La France insoumise (LFI) tried to regain control by shifting the debate to the left in a political context marked by the outcome of the political congress of the Republicans and by the first meeting of Eric Zemmour.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon,
who is currently capping at 10% in the voting intentions for the April 2022 poll, sounded the mobilization in front of some thousand supporters gathered at the Arche de la Défense, near Paris, as began to about thirty kilometers away, in Villepinte (in Seine-Saint-Denis), the first political meeting of
Eric Zemmour
.
"
France is not the extreme right, France is social security, it is public health, it is emancipation, it is school, it is research, it's sharing,
”said Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who at 70 is running for the Élysée for the third time.
Mélenchon re-mobilizes his troops and calls for "in combat"
Some arrows also for the now candidate of the right,
Valérie Pécresse
, whom he invites to debate with him: "
She said of herself that she was a third Thatcher, two thirds Merkel, which does not leave much -something good.
Translated into French, that gives you two thirds Macron, one third Zemmour.
"
Jean-Luc Mélenchon also tries to galvanize his troops: "
Enough whining, enough hesitation, in combat!"
"
In the great hall with the atmosphere worthy of a concert, Hassiba and convinced: "
The hate camp tells me nothing at all, let him stay where he is."
We are offering fraternity.
"For Bernard, another supporter who came to attend the meeting, there is everything to rebuild:"
The hospital, higher education, employee rights, but also democratic rights.
"
Create a union "from below"
In a pre-campaign preempted by the right and the far right, the leader of LFI, who claims not to be "
impressed
" by Eric Zemmour, officially installed this Sunday the "
parliament of the popular union
". This programmatic body of 200 people is made up half of "
rebels
" and the other "
of intellectuals, trade unionists, creators, associations, women and men who bring something of their life. useful and profitable to the homeland
”, in the words of the candidate. All supposed to feed the candidate's program and campaign.
Among the members of the structure are the woman of letters Annie Ernaux, the historian and writer Laurent Binet or even Jean-Marc Schiappa, the father of Marlène Schiappa, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior of France, in charge of Citizenship within the government of Jean Castex.
A way of creating a union "
from the base
", while the left is weakened by the crumbling of candidates
(With
AFP
)
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Presidential France 2022
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
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