La France insoumise (LFI) started its summer university on Wednesday August 23 in Châteauneuf-sur-Isère, while Europe ecology-Les Verts (EELV) kicked off its own campus this Thursday August 24 at Haven. A political return under tension for these two parties, between controversies and rivalries within the Nupes.
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Like last year, LFI started its summer school in Châteauneuf-sur-Isère, near Valence. But the political re-entry of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s movement is taking place this time under much less favorable auspices. It seems to be a long way off, this month of August 2022 when, sunglasses on his nose, “JLM” displayed his satisfaction at having achieved a first in 30 years, namely bringing together leftists and environmentalists under the same banner, there New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes).
A year later, it is under black storm clouds that the rebels gather: Adrien Quatennens casestrategic differences on the pension reformestrangement consumed around the European elections scheduled for June 2024… The Nupes is shaken, explains Aurelien Devernoixfrom the political service of RFI.
So Jean-Luc Mélenchon returned, more and more omnipresent, now more willingly distributing slaps than caresses to his allies, asserting his experience while complaining that the evils of the Nupes are always attributed to him.
Behind its leader, LFI unites, the few protesters having been brought to heel. But the start of the 2023 school year is at high risk: if the union implodes, the crown of saviors from the left that the rebellious had placed on their heads could well fall.
The Medina controversy embarrasses EELV
If the rebellious have been in the Drôme since Wednesday and until Sunday, EELV has given an appointment from Thursday August 24 in Le Havre, for a period of three days. And for French ecologists, this 39th summer university is marked by the controversy over the arrival of the rapper Médine.
In front of a few hundred activists, Marine Tondelier gave the starting signal for the summer campus with the intention of discussing the major upcoming events, in particular the senatorial and European elections. The national secretary of the party all the same had to quickly evacuate the thorny subject Medina, reports our special correspondent, Gregory Genevrier.
Marine Tondelier’s speech was intended to bring people together, as a call to erase the internal divisions that emerged after the invitation of the rapper accused of anti-Semitism. Several executives, such as Sandrine Rousseau and Julien Bayou, had stepped up to denounce his presence.
In Le Havre, most of the militants crossed this Thursday preferred to minimize these frictions. For them, Medina is welcome. ” Not to invite him would be to give victory to the far right “, assured one of them. Some even wear t-shirts bearing the image of the rapper from the city.
Environmental activists also regret the friction within Nupes. ” If it was us, at the head of the parties, everything would be fine “, claimed a young member. Courses and training are scheduled during the EELV summer university: fundamentals of political ecology, financing of environmental transition… But the highlight of this first day on campus will undoubtedly be the text explanation of Medina scheduled for the evening.
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