Robert Badinter: LFI and the RN undesirable to the national tribute, the unity of the nation cracked

2024-02-13 23:37:50

Except that this moment of contemplation is already tainted by a lively controversy. Because the family made it known that it did not want the presence of the National Rally, nor that of France Insoumise, whose positions offended Robert Badinter. “What troubles me is this alliance between political Islamism and a part of the left, a left in search of a substitute proletariat since the majority of workers now vote in favor of the National Rally and Madame Le Pen,” regretted the former Minister of Justice, during an exchange with the magazine Challengesat the end of 2023. He criticized his former socialist comrade Mélenchon in particular for having “abandoned our essential principles, those of Jaurès”.