Alexis Delafontaine 09:14, February 04, 2023
The leader of rebellious France, withdrawn from political life since this summer, is launching La Boétie this weekend, an institute dedicated to training executives of the far left and intellectual reflection.
The culmination of a personal challenge, this foundation is also the way to push LFI towards the future.
Has Jean-Luc Mélenchon finally found his conversion?
The leader of rebellious France, withdrawn since the end of the legislative elections, is launching a new foundation for the training of far-left executives, La Boétie.
The former presidential candidate wants his movement, La France Insoumise, to survive his departure.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants to anchor his radicalism in the future of the left by training the next rebels and by bringing new political ideas thanks to the La Boétie institute, as justified by its secretary general, Manuel Menal.
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"To take root in the long term, we need to establish, to create a productive and fertile link between the intellectual world, the political world, the artistic world", he lists.
But for the rebellious former leader, it is also the culmination of a personal challenge, because since leaving the Socialist Party in 2008, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has had one goal: to replace the party.
So, after overtaking the PS at the polls, the La Boétie Institute comes to compete with the Jean-Jaurès Foundation, historically socialist.