Prime Minister, yes, MP, meh.

So much for summing up Jean-Luc Mélenchon's ambitions for the next legislative elections.

“The probability of having a majority seems to be improving for me, so I am preparing myself more for the idea of ​​being Prime Minister than for the idea of ​​​​being a new deputy”, declared, on France Inter / France Info/Le Monde, the leader of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes).

"The last Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic was not a deputy, it was General De Gaulle, and the current Prime Minister, Mr. Castex, was not a deputy either" when he was appointed to Matignon in 2020, added Jean-Luc Mélenchon who claims a "certain legitimacy".

Jean Castex “was elected in Prades with 1,800 votes, that gives him legitimacy in Prades.

But me, I estimate that 7,700,000 votes in the presidential election, that doesn't make me a passer-by in the street.

I have a certain legitimacy to be at the front in the ranks of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union,” he said.

On the war in Ukraine, "France will speak with one voice"

In recent days, the rebellious leader, 70, had said that he would probably not be a candidate for a new mandate as a deputy in the legislative elections of June 12 and 19 where the left will present themselves united under the banner led by the leader of LFI, strong of its 22% in the first round of the presidential election.

Asked how he would cohabit with Emmanuel Macron, the center-right president, he insisted that "the policy that will apply is that of the last elected, in this case us".

"But at the same time, he added, the Constitution creates common segments", especially in the field of Defense and Foreign Affairs.

"So let's say things on this subject, quickly and well and loudly: we will get along because it is in the interest of the country", he assured.

Including on the war in Ukraine when the non-alignment and his wish to leave the integrated command of NATO have earned Jean-Luc Mélenchon to be sometimes described as pro-Russian.

“We are facing a war of aggression unleashed by Mr. Putin's government against Ukraine with acts of utter barbarism that are now accompanied by nuclear threats.

I tell you, in these areas, France will speak with one voice,” he insisted.

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