Attacked both by the majority and by the left in recent days for his past ambiguities vis-à-vis Russia, the candidate of the Popular Union chose to respond this Sunday, March 6 in Lyon during a meeting “of the peace “. But the Insoumis candidate has not forgotten the other major subject of the electoral campaign, purchasing power.
With our special correspondent in Lyon, Aurelien Devernoix
” Stop the war! Down with the army invading Ukraine! »
Repeating again and again his hostility to Vladimir Putin’s war to ward off the poison of doubt that his rivals harbor. But no question either for Jean-Luc Mélenchon to deny his convictions
“ The way of thinking about international relations must be rethought with the concern of not accepting a world order in which there would be NATO and on the other a Russian-Chinese bloc. »
Faced with a crowd of great days in Lyon, the candidate of the Popular Union defends his theory of non-alignment.
We must reopen the international discussion for the nuclear disarmament of the world. I suggest you remember that non-aligned does not mean neutral. The proof: I am non-aligned today and I am fighting the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. We are not neutral, we are committed
A reasoning of non-alignment which is favored by Patrick, a Mélenchonist activist: “ It is a dimension of France. The French republic, the French revolution, it is this discourse that must be carried. »
If the geopolitics course on Ukraine elicits polite approval, the cheers are much louder when Jean-Luc Mélenchon talks about purchasing power: “ In 36 days if you want it, there will be a decree which will decide on the blocking of prices. »
An equation that Sonia summarizes at the end of the speech: “ Me, I first look at what’s on my plate and how to live. »
The entourage of Jean-Luc Mélenchon is convinced of this: it is of course on the economic concerns of the French that access to the second round of the presidential election will be played.
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