The rebel was referring to the government's rejection of the "mediation" proposed by the boss of the CFDT Laurent Berger to "find a way out" of the social crisis, a proposal to which the Modem deputies said they were favorable.
"It was useful that proposals were made, Laurent Berger did it, I also made one which was to submit the whole file of pensions to the board of directors of the social security," said Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
"This power wants nothing but to force its text through," he added. "The attitude of (Prime Minister Elisabeth) Borne leaves us with the possibility of only one watchword: +Let her go and her reform+".
Regarding the MoDem, he observed: "There are in the majority of people who have already been elected and who before being minister, president of the Republic, have experienced universal suffrage, the relationship of conviction."
"So these people are much more normal than the enlightened who lead us and they realize that this is the France and this is not a country that is conducted by trique," he added.
"A lot of people in the relative majority think that this is all crazy, that this way of provoking continuously," said the former presidential candidate.
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