Since this weekend, criticism has increased against France Insoumise, accused of ambiguity regarding the attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel. Several calls to reconsider the alliance with the Insoumis have been launched.
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It was the socialist deputy Jérôme Guedj, although very favorable to Nupes, who opened the hostilities on Sunday October 8. Facing ” relativism » declarations coming, according to him, from LFI, “ the question » to remain in the alliance of the left and the ecologists “ arises “.
Anne Hidalgo added this Monday. “ It is time to put an end to the misalliance with Jean-Luc Mélenchon », Wrote the mayor of Paris on social networks, explaining that the “ positions [du leader Insoumis] against Israel and its refusal to condemn the terrorist organization Hamas are untenable.” “A dishonor for the Socialist Party », concludes the former presidential candidate.
The response was not long in coming: for Jean-Luc Mélenchon“ the dishonor is the cronyism of this type of statement. (…) The war in LFI rather than the fight for peace, that is the shame », exclaimed the rebellious leader.
The dishonor is this type of clientelist statement. Confusing the Jordan and the Seine is absurd. The war in LFI rather than the fight for peace, that’s the shame. https://t.co/8POwRdjuLC
— Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) October 9, 2023
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“ War crimes »
The next few days promise to be hectic at Nupes, which has a meeting of its parliamentary intergroup scheduled for Tuesday morning before questions to the government which could turn into a free-for-all. The presidential camp has been on the offensive against LFI since this weekend. “ It’s going to be very hard », we anticipate within France Insoumise, where not everyone is aligned with the positions of the movement’s leadership.
In its initial statement, Nupes had drawn a parallel between Hamas and Israeli policy. But since then, the position of the radical left movement has changed slightly. In an extremely tense context, where every word is weighed, the coordinator of the movement Manuel Bompard has still not used the term “ terrorist » towards the Palestinian Islamist movement. But he spoke of “ war crimes » committed by both parties.
On the communist side, even if Fabien Roussel did mention an attack “ terrorist », the deputy from the North for once refrained from striking blows at the Insoumis, with whom he nevertheless maintains a very difficult relationship. “ Using all this to investigate the LFI trial is not up to the task, even if I don’t know what was going through their minds “, sighs a communist official, recognizing that there exists ” historically similarities » on the Palestinian question between the PCF and LFI.