On the left, the ball of small sentences continues. After the polemical remarks of the leader of the Communist Party Fabien Roussel on the ” places »barbecues “symbols of masculinity” of the ecologist deputy of Paris Sandrine Rousseau, the turn of Jean-Luc Mélenchon to yield to the projection in the form of provocation. “On October 5 and 6, 1789, women marched on Versailles against the cost of living. They bring the King, Queen and Dauphin by force to Paris under popular control. Do better on October 16 »he wrote Thursday, October 6 on Twitter, inviting the French to participate en masse in his “big march” on Sunday, October 16 against high prices and climate inaction.
No doubt this was the desired effect, the comparison of its manifestation with the French Revolution created a stir in the political class. Government spokesman Olivier Véran saw it “a disguised call for social violence”. « This is not the first time that he has exceeded the limits, he is always in excess, he denounced Friday, on BFM-TV, about the leader of La France insoumise (LFI).
But Jean-Luc Mélenchon especially made the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) tremble, recalling the differences in style and form that exist between the different political formations of the union of the left. “There Jean-Luc you can do better. Provocation is not always the best way to be heard, replied the first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, on Twitter. There is no longer any king or queen. We will have neither spade nor pitchfork. Our mobilization will be non-violent and its strength is its message: justice against social disorder. »
Olivier Faure’s eagerness to dissociate himself from the founder of LFI owes nothing to chance. Three months before a congress where he is playing for his re-election, the leader of the PS faces a growing number of disgruntled people, who accuse him of having subjugated the party to the “rebellious”, and of insufficiently making the voice of the movement heard in the public opinion. His historical dissidents, led by the mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin (Rhône), Hélène Geoffroy, have also called on him to “suspend participation” from the PS to the march of Mélenchon. Faced with internal opposition, the first secretary will try to be more audible. “These excesses are beginning to annoy us. LFI is not the Nupes, we will have to distinguish ourselves more and more”, confirms a relative.
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