Europe 1 with AFP 7:08 p.m., June 17, 2022

Jean-Luc Mélenchon defended this Friday, during a press conference before the second round of the legislative elections, "mutual assistance" and "solidarity" of the Nupes to fight climate change, in the face of the measures put in place by the government, which it does not consider sufficient.

According to him, "the answer of the macronists is the market and the idea that it will work itself out".

Faced with the heat wave, Jean-Luc Mélenchon defended this Friday, during the last day of the campaign before the second round of the legislative elections, "mutual aid" and "solidarity", in opposition to the "macronists" who according to him, think that "the market will settle everything".

During a press conference in Paris near a swing bridge below the Saint-Martin canal, prevented from turning by the heat which deforms the building materials, the rebellious tribune warned of climate change.

"If we are in the majority on Sunday evening, Monday we will take care of all this from the first hour"

“Nothing has been done, as we speak”, by the government, he denounced.

"The government has provided a toll-free number and credits, so it's more of a government, it's a phone booth, to, they say, renaturalize the city," he said.

"If we are in the majority on Sunday evening, Monday we will take care of all that from the first hour, to try to ensure that we come out of the heat wave and its effects on the country as little as possible," he said. he promised, calling for emergency and medium-term measures, in particular for access to water, working conditions during extreme heat or heat in the streets.

"Our response is that of mutual aid and solidarity"

“Politics must claim, not a miracle recipe, but principles. Today we have the response from the macronists, it is the market, it will work out on its own, depending on whether or not you have the financial means to to face. And our response is that of mutual aid and solidarity," he added.

"This heat wave is a political heat wave", denounced for his part the national secretary of EELV Julien Bayou, recalling that the government had been "condemned twice for climate inaction".

He noted "a disagreement" between him and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, on the question of whether the government "has not realized the situation or whether they do not care. Incompetence or cynicism, it is above all to political irresponsibility".

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"We are at half-time of a match. The 2nd half is Sunday, the 90th minute is Sunday at 8 p.m. Come on the field and help us score goals", a- he launched.

"It is you who will make the election, in particular the youth, if you do not want to experience episodes of this type repeatedly and for it to become the norm".