The left is making its comeback this weekend. La France insoumise continues until Sunday August 28 its summer university, the “Amfis”, near Valence, in the south of France. Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his 79 deputies begin this political return with the same strategy and promise the ” general battle to Emmanuel Macron.
With our special correspondent in Valence, Julien Chavanne
In the ranks of La France insoumise (LFI), nothing is changing. After the summer break, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is keeping the same course: frontal opposition to Emmanuel Macron. ” It will be the general battle, what. There is no possible arrangement with us. No concession, no arrangement “, he said on Friday August 26 in Châteauneuf-sur-Isère, near Valence, where his political formation is returning.
Unemployment insurance, budget, inflation… There will be many battlegrounds in the National Assembly. And there again, there is no question of lowering the tone in the Hemicycle, promises the candidate of the rebellious in the last presidential election: “ It’s not because Jean-Luc is divisive that it happens like that. It is because the enemy is divisive. Mathilde Panot barely had time to reach the podium when they were already calling her an anti-Semite! All that is grotesque and so much the better. Because I’d rather have ridiculous opponents than smart ones. »
Same course and same leader, therefore. MP Clémentine Autain has however called for transformations at LFI. But for Jean-Luc Melenchonhis leadership is not targeted: “ She’s right. I agree with the fact that we have to change all sorts of things. There is no problem. But malicious people immediately took advantage of a half-sentence to make her say what she does not intend to say. »
Regarding the succession of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has just celebrated his 71st birthday, it is too early to talk about it. Rebellious activists are in no hurry to see the former deputy (from 2017 to 2022) retire. ” He still did a hell of a job and I think he can still be useful “, assures one of them.