Duel at a distance, and with great shots of clichés published on social networks, Thursday February 16 in the evening at La France Insoumise. In Bobigny, in Seine-Saint-Denis, where the rebels of La France insoumise held a meeting to protest against the pension reform, the approximately 450 green seats of the Labor Exchange were not all occupied, when Alexis Corbière, Clémentine Autain, Raquel Garrido, Eric Coquerel, and other members of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), such as EELV deputy Sabrina Sebahi or the communist Fabien Gay made their entrance forty-five minutes late.
“We try to ensure that not a voice is missing in the Assembly”apologized Eric Coquerel, chairman of the finance committee, recalling the delicate context of this meeting, organized 24 hours from the end of the debates at the Palais Bourbon on the bill to postpone the legal retirement age. at age 64.
At the same time, in Montpellier, La France Insoumise relayed photos of a packed Corum – 1,400 people claimed by the organizers – where Jean-Luc Mélenchon was also meeting. Surrounded by faithful, like the mayor of Grabels René Revol or the deputy of Hérault Nathalie Oziol. Also a local deputy, Sébastien Rome sang his praises: “Jean-Luc opened a path of hope that he continues to walk in mind. He is and remains a beacon for all of us.he said.
“I never apologize”
The former presidential candidate, delighted with the crowds, defended his family, “the excited and the rough”. Some of the LFI deputies apologized for their words, “I never apologize”he launched before defending the deputy Thomas Portes: “the rule in life, we do not touch the comrades”. After a strong plea against the reform and for the need to “work less”he called the “Comrades of the Nupes” to silence their critics: “no need to go barking with others, even if you don’t agree, keep it to yourself”he said, citing in particular “Dédé Chassaigne”, communist president of the Democratic and Republican Left group (GDR), who took offense at the remarks of the Insoumis in the hemicycle. Then to develop his advice to parliamentarians.
A few hours earlier, he sowed the seeds of division by criticizing, in a tweet, the withdrawal of the communist amendments in order to speed up the debate, even though the rebellious, under pressure and divided, refuse for the moment to do the same.
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