“It will calm down at the top”: Mélenchon and the Insoumis reach out to the new head of the CGT

It is an understatement to say that the surprise election of Sophie Binet at the head of the CGT was a divine surprise for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who maintained execrable relations with his predecessor, Philippe Martinez. After years of mistrust with the central trade union, the rebel in chief did not want to miss the opportunity to patch things up as soon as possible. “I would like us to have more relaxed relations” with Sophie Binet than with her predecessor, who, “we don’t know why, one day, got in a bad mood against us (LFI) and never let us down, ”said Jean-Luc Mélenchon on France 3 on Sunday, a few hours after the unionist’s election.