Competitor and ally at the same time?
By bringing back into the debate the idea of "left sovereignism", Arnaud Montebourg came to walk on the beds of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
The leader of La France Insoumise assures him, however: the return of the former socialist minister is far from bad news.
“Many would like me to experience it as negative competition.
This is not the case.
I believe, sixteen months before the vote, that his presence in the debate can be very useful and even profitable for us, ”
wrote even Jean-Luc Mélenchon, in a publication posted Tuesday on his blog.
"The rebellious vocabulary has spread well"
The rebellious tenor, candidate for a third presidential election, explains:
“In the battle of ideas, some of Arnaud Montebourg's positions are a welcome reinforcement.
There is the essential in this initial phase of the presidential campaign of 2022. We must break the isolation of our ideas ”
, underlines the deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône.
“Each time Montebourg shares one of the measures that we carry, it helps give them an additional audience.
In this, it helps us to convince ”
, even advances Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who is delighted that
“ the vocabulary of rebellious people has therefore spread well ”
.
The LFI candidate admits that there are some programmatic disagreements, however.
On the geopolitical level, the Insoumis does not wish, unlike Arnaud Montebourg,
"to make the Turks allies of France"
.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon recalls that he is also a fervent defender of the nuclear phase-out, unlike the former socialist.
“On this point, is our dispute insurmountable?
I want to hope not, ”
wishes the leader of the Insoumis.
Strategic divergence
More than on the bottom, it is on the strategy that the two men differ.
Arnaud Montebourg dreams of a
“collective de Gaulle”
, with a government that goes beyond traditional divisions.
Inconceivable for Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
"I do not believe that there can be a real convergence between right-wing party and political left-wing formations as soon as we come to the fundamental field of the social question"
, underlined the candidate Insoumis.
“The compliments of
number two of LR
and those of Xavier Bertrand attest to a dialogue that does not suit us.
This is an essential point of disagreement,
”he continued.
Invited on LCI Tuesday morning, Alexis Corbière, the LFI deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis, also judged that the
“ideological discourse”
of Arnaud Montebourg
“participates in (the) intellectual hegemony”
of the rebels.
He took the opportunity to reach out to the former Minister of the Economy:
"I rather say to Arnaud: 'Come help us in the campaign we are leading, we have a formidable transmitter"
.
Namely: Jean-Luc Mélenchon.