2023-10-03 10:00:04
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the “rebels”, during the “L’Humanité” Festival, in Brétigny-sur-Orge (Essonne), September 17, 2023. GUILLAUME HERBAUT/VU POUR “LE MONDE”
Belushi’s, a pub in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, near the Gare du Nord, is unique in that it served as headquarters for Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the evening of the first round of the 2017 presidential election. in this high place of “rebellious” mythology, that the young people of La France insoumise (LFI), ecologists and socialists had arranged to meet, Monday, October 2 in the evening, with the leaders of their party to discuss, once again, a hypothetical list common to the European elections. Against the backdrop of Metallica, everyone, once again, tried to believe that a candidacy in the colors of the New Ecological and Social People’s Union (Nupes) was possible. “The issue is the far right and Macron who will score higher than the environmentalists in 2019”lamented Sirine Sehil, youth coordinator for Génération.s in Paris.
Alas, the meeting had not even started when the chips were already cast. Expected until the last moment by young ecologists, the leader of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV), Marine Tondelier, ultimately did not make an appearance. Officially, because she was busy with meetings planned for months, says those around her, who see a “handle” in the pressure exerted by young LFI.
“Political Cluedo”
Arrived to the cheers of activists who chanted “Olivier with us!” », the first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) immediately announced the color. Recalling that “two political groups” – EELV and the Communist Party (PCF) – had closed the door to a common list, he argued that it was not necessary “prolong this deleterious soap opera”. A way to end any discussion on a joint application.
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A few hours earlier, he had sent a letter to the leaders of the coalition, inviting them to “get out of this political Cluedo to find out who killed the Nupes.” “We are more than a simple electoral agreement, but we are not a single party”he added, inviting his partners to “a quick meeting” pour “rediscover a peaceful dialogue”. The LFI coordinator, Manuel Bompard, had decided to act as if nothing had happened. “It’s good news to have an exchange”he confided before the meeting.
An apparent outstretched hand after the excommunication of the alliance of the national secretary of the PCF, Fabien Roussel. “We regret Fabien Roussel’s decision to leave Nupes”, wrote Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s right arm in a letter addressed to the Greens and the socialists, Friday September 29, triggering a new episode in the battle between communists and “rebels”, after the parallel made by LFI deputy Sophia Chikirou between Fabien Roussel and the collaborationist Jacques Doriot, relayed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The boss of the PCF, who makes no secret of his wish to run in 2027, formally denied this rupture. “It’s them who want to throw me out, who want to end up alone perhaps”he replied Monday on BFM-TV. “After the insults, the exclusion; This shows a little of the methods practiced by the leader of La France insoumise. »
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