The atmosphere is still as good on the left.
Four days before the meeting between the different camps, organized Saturday in Paris by the ecologist Yannick Jadot to
"work together on a project"
, France Insoumise is increasing criticism.
LFI was not convinced by the letter sent to them on Monday by MEP EELV.
In a previous letter sent on Friday, the troops of Jean-Luc Mélenchon had asked him for explanations on the objective of this meeting.
They were simply pleading for
"a non-aggression pact"
between the various leftist forces, while already warning that
"nothing has come
(the)
to convince that a common candidacy in the first round can be done in the clarity which alone will motivate the mobilization and the votes ”
.
In
Le Figaro
, a rebellious executive underlines:
"To suggest that we will be able to arrange a table between candidates, it is not credible ... For the moment, there are real fundamental differences which exist between the different movements ”.
"You knew that Mélenchon was not in France"
Whatever: in his mail, Yannick Jadot once again invited the Insoumis to take their part in this attempt to unite.
“History will not forgive us for not having been up to the climatic, social and democratic challenges.
The moment obliges us to find all the ways of the gathering to then train and mobilize around a project ”
, supported the ecologist.
The MEP, who repeats to
"prepare"
for the presidential election, particularly insisted on the presence of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who
"seems important" to him
.
If the head of LFI was invited, the Insoumis had planned to send a representative in his place.
A last-minute change seems complicated: the declared candidate of France Insoumise will still be traveling to South America.
Tuesday morning, the LFI deputy Eric Coquerel responded publicly on Twitter to Yannick Jadot, letting him know that his
"letter (l) 'worries about the sincerity of (s) a meeting
".
"Already explain that you really want the presence of Jean-Luc Mélenchon when you have decided on a date without asking us anything and that you knew that he was not in France, it's more like a unified maneuver"
, he replied.
“We repeat our refusal to play 'more unitary than me you die'.
To suggest that a white smoke announcing a common candidate can come out of your meeting while your own movement announces its primary in September can seem a little politician, ”
again rebuked the Insubordinate.
Eric Coquerel thereby takes up some criticism within EELV, who believe that Yannick Jadot launched this initiative only to try to bypass the primary of the Greens.
In the end, Éric Coquerel wanted to be ironic:
“Unless you want to convince everyone that it is possible to come together behind the candidate today largely in the best position and suddenly discuss his program?
In these cases I understand that you really want the presence of Jean-Luc Mélenchon,
”he concluded, while the leader of LFI is given the lead on the left in all opinion polls for 2022. The Insubordinate should however be present Saturday.
They will take the opportunity to share their criticism directly with the person concerned.
The implication of Mélenchon in Jadot
Traveling in Ecuador, Jean-Luc Mélenchon met on Tuesday the leftist candidate Andrés Arauz, eliminated in the second round of the presidential election against the conservative Guillermo Lasso.
“Warm meeting with our candidate for the presidential election in Ecuador, Andrés Arauz.
He loses four points apart.
The green candidate refused him support.
Result: 1.7 million spoiled ballots.
The right wins, ”
he said on Twitter.
Like a call of the foot, and especially an alert, to the environmentalist contender, Yannick Jadot.
Namely, according to him, that the scenario in Ecuador could well occur in France.
