Thousands of people responded to the candidate of La France insoumise in the April presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and marched this Sunday in the streets of Paris.
At the head of the procession leaving Place de la Bastille, Jean-Luc Melenchon hailed the mobilization for the biggest event of his campaign to cries of ” we will win ” and ” President Melenchon ! “. ” There’s something in the air, it gives courage “, he rejoices seeing the overexcited crowd.
During the rally, which brought together 100,000 people according to the organizers, the left-wing leader called for the formation of ” a popular union ” able to carry it to the second round of the French presidential election. ” Everyone (has) the key of the second turn that opens the door “, did he declare.
The popular union of which I have the honor to be the candidate arrived just outside the door of the second round of the presidential election. So each person is personally responsible for the result of the presidential election, because each person has the key to the second round. This is the moral and material responsibility of each of us, each of you, do not hide behind the differences between leaders and labels. You make the decision! Take the power! Vote!
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, candidate for La France insoumise
“We have to stop the bullshit”
In the ranks of the event, the supporters of the rebellious already imagine it in the second round, galvanized by the setbacks of Eric Zemmour and Valérie Pécresse who propel their champion a few points behind Marine Le Pen. ” We surely and firmly believe in it because people are enthusiastic about it, it’s extraordinary. It’s contagious “, testifies Sofia, who came from Toulouse to participate in the march, at the microphone ofAurelien Devernoix.
But for the doors of a duel with Emmanuel Macron to open, we will have to cast a wide net and, in particular, among socialist, environmentalist and communist voters. Isabelle, she believes in a burst of lucidity: “ I’m convinced that people will say to themselves, it’s now, we have to go, and that they won’t get lost in the first round doing anything and voting for people who make 1% knowing that won’t go any further than that. Now we have to stop the bullshit, we paid dearly for it 5 years ago “.
show of force left
With this event dedicated to the resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian invasion “, Mr. Mélenchon tried to impose himself in the role of main opponent of Emmanuel Macron, outgoing president and in the lead in the polls less than three weeks before the first round.
This march of the candidate was a show of force on the left in line with his previous presidential campaigns in 2012 and 2017. However, the presence in the second round of Jean-Luc Mélenchon is far from certain. According to the candidate, he must find five points in three weeks in order to qualify.
During his speech, the rebellious leader notably recalled certain points of his program such as retirement at 60, the increase in the minimum wage and the freezing of the prices of basic necessities and fuel. If the atmosphere was electrified this Sunday, the great fear of reliving the nightmare of 2017 is still present in the Mélenchon camp: only 600,000 votes were missing for the candidate to be in the second round in 2017.
