More than a month before the first round of legislative elections. A vote that the left will approach united behind Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his New Popular, Ecological and Social Union. This situation gives the third man in the presidential hopes of becoming the first man in the legislative elections by winning the victory to enter Matignon, but it irritates his opponents.
Prime Minister Melenchon? ” It’s ridiculous “, says a minister of the government of Jean Castex who continues, while having fun with the hidden intentions of the leader of the Insoumis vis-à-vis his new environmentalist and socialist partners, “ Mélenchon wants to kill them from the start “.
Same observation with a socialist rallied to Emmanuel Macron: “ The choice of Jean-Luc Mélenchon is what has already happened in other countries in Germany with Die Linke, in Greece with Syriza, in Spain with Podemos. Left-wing radicalism never lasts long “, before continuing by describing Jean-Luc Mélenchon with his qualities and his faults:” Jean-Luc is a political beast in terms of candidacy but behind it is a character autocrat “. Here he is dressed for the legislative elections.
Does Mélenchon scare the majority?
In any case, he concentrates the attacks. The union of left-wing parties was unexpected and it allowed Jean-Luc Mélenchon to capture the attention of the French. Some recognize that it is a masterstroke » for having played the card of « third round of the presidential election and presented the victory in the legislative elections as a stepping stone towards Matignon.
His ” political sense is unanimously recognised, including among its adversaries. This does not prevent a member from the right to criticize this tactic by considering that ” it is a complete reversal of republican logic. This disguises reality. Cohabitation is the exception, not the rule. The French will not want to do anything “.
Perhaps, but in the meantime Emmanuel Macron felt obliged to counter-attack by declaring in front of the candidates of the majority that “the third round does not exist “and tackling” those who want to replay in the legislative elections what was decided in the presidential election “.
The Mélenchon offensive is not to Marine Le Pen’s taste either
Strangely Marine Le Pen is on the same line as Emmanuel Macron. According to her, ” the logic of the institutions requires the President of the Republic to have a majority. All those who tell something else tell fables “. There was no question of being challenged for the place of first opponent by a Jean-Luc Mélenchon whom she described as ” Jester “History to imply that in fact, he was doing a favor to the President of the Republic. In the legislative elections, it is Macron and Le Pen against Mélenchon.