“The world is in danger of general war,” warns Mélenchon. Visiting Reunion Island, the leader of France Insoumise said he wanted to “play this role of political whistleblower again” “The old Europe from which two world wars started is still there, rotten from the inside,” said the former MEP.

In Reunion where, according to INSEE, 36% of inhabitants live below the poverty line and unemployment affects more than 115,000 of the approximately 900,000 inhabitants, its positions in favor of better sharing of wealth, find support.