Organizing, in the middle of November, an outdoor meeting in the capital was a gamble.
Unfortunately for Fabien Roussel, the coin fell on the wrong side.
Painful showers were invited throughout the speech of the Communist presidential candidate.
In a soggy Stalingrad square, red flags waved with umbrellas.
"It's cold outside but so hot in our hearts"
, tried the candidate to forget the capricious weather.
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"They are going to say to me: 'But is this communism?'"
In front of sympathizers wet to the feet therefore, Fabien Roussel unrolled a panel of proposals, taking up the torches of communism. Among its flagship measures: increase the
"minimum wage by 20%, to 1,800 euros gross"
, revalue
"retirement pensions"
, return to
"retirement at 60",
move to the
"32-hour week or the week of four days "
, obtain
" equal pay "
between women and men ... Regarding funding, the Communist is proposing massive nationalizations, starting with the Société Générale, the BNP or even AXA. The deputy from the North warns:
"They are going to say to me: 'But this is communism?' I will answer them: 'So what?' ».
In front of a conquered public, Fabien Roussel took the opportunity to mock those who
"on the left are theorizing the end of work"
.
“It's not my left.
My left to me, she believes in work, in wages.
Employees do not want an allowance.
They want to flourish at work "
, he hammered, in barely veiled reference to the environmentalists of Yannick Jadot who plead them for a
" living income "
.
Rather than aid, the Communist promises to “
eradicate unemployment”
and
“allow everyone to work”
.
For the youngest, he particularly wants companies
"to reserve 10% of new hires for those under 25"
.
"Long live Roussellement!"
Often singled out by part of the radical left for his firm positions on security, Fabien Roussel did not, this time, stop on the regal. Regarding the clashes in Guadeloupe, he simply said that the inhabitants
“
did
not need gendarmes, GIGN”
.
“They need to be heard and respected!”
, he claimed.
The result is words close to those of his competitor Jean-Luc Mélenchon, with whom his party was allied during the last two presidential elections (2012, 2017). The only notable difference: its position on nuclear power. While the Insubordinate wishes to get out of it as quickly as possible, the Communist defends the idea of a
"renewable and nuclear energy mix"
to
"do away with fossil fuels"
such as
"coal, fuel oil, petroleum. or gas ”
.
An insurmountable difference to seal an alliance, while the Insoumis have been asking for it for months? If it is given between 2 and 3% of the voting intentions, Fabien Roussel has repeated several times - especially on the sidelines of the meeting - his desire to go
"to the end"
and even ... to
"qualify for the second round ”.
"It is today that everything begins, nothing is written in this presidential election"
, he assured, under the
"Fabien president!"
public. Regarding the legislative elections, he however renewed his call for
“a pact”
with the other formations
“to elect the most left-wing deputies to the National Assembly”
. In conclusion, the
Marseillaise
then the traditional
International
resonate in Stalingrad Square.
An activist greets:
"Vive le Roussellement!"