2023-07-29 14:15:49
On the night of Thursday July 20 to Friday July 21, a serious fire partially destroyed the house of a resident of Rochesson. Its resident, Willy Malaroda, whose deceased wife was an LFI activist, received the support of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The former candidate for the presidency of the Republic said he was exasperated to see himself “demonized” by the macronie, the rights and even his partners in Nupes. But he assures that he “will hold on”.
But, according to him, this “assassination attempt”, one of the reasons for the judicial investigation opened by the prosecution of Épinal, is the straw that broke the camel’s back. “Right now it’s full pot”, “all our friends are in exasperation”, sighs Jean-Luc Mélenchon who dates the beginning of this period to the riots (“urban revolts” in his mouth) during which he accused of failing to call for calm.
Convince abstainers
For him, it is on the contrary the presidential majority which is guilty of “creating an atmosphere which puts us a target” behind our backs: “all those whom it designates for vindictiveness are then attacked by the fachosphere”. In addition, the macronists “take our words, speak of the republican arc. None of this is a discussion. It’s a pitched battle,” adds Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
But that’s not all. The internal quarrels with the PS, EELV and the PCF increase as the European elections of 2024 approach and with them the potential for a rebalancing of the balance of power in favor of these allies. Even if the former socialist affirms that he does not “ask too many questions about the left”… Before delivering what for him is the crux of the problem: not egos but “a strategic divergence”.
He insists on his desire to convince the abstentionists while the socialists, communists and ecologists “believe in the existence of the center-left, an illusion. The middle classes should be ascending, but they are regressing, panic is gaining”. And to add: “At the Europeans, if we are in the lead in front of everyone, we open a sequence until 2027 by being leaders, that changes everything,” he said.
The polls give for some a Nupes list, improbable after the designation of environmental and communist leaders, neck and neck with Renaissance and the RN.
“I will try to continue my withdrawal”
Despite the gloomy picture he has just painted for rebellious prospects, Jean-Luc Mélenchon puffs out his chest: “There are phases where you have to hold on”, especially on the police and the union of the left, because at long term “thousands of people see who held on”.
However, Jean-Luc Mélenchon affirms that at the start of the school year, “I will try to continue my withdrawal. It hasn’t been easy” this year, he smiles.
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