Since he started the race for the Élysée, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has always said it: he should not be counted on to participate in a rally of the left.
The pressure that has arisen in recent weeks by Anne Hidalgo and Christiane Taubira has not made him change his mind.
"I understand that there is an aspiration for union, but I tell all these people that it is not the union that we need because it would prevent the mobilization"
, he warned on Sunday. the field of the
Grand Jury RTL-LCI-Le Figaro
.
“With less than 95 days of a presidential election, the time has passed for conferences.
France is not a playground
, ”he wanted to denounce.
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According to him, the differences on the merits are too important to consider such a project.
"Madame Hidalgo scares me, because I have the impression of finding François Hollande worse off
," he mocked, for example. The LFI candidate notably cited the retirement age as a point of tension. He wants to fix him at 60 years old while the Socialist wants to
"sanctify"
him at 62 years old. For Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a consensus between all the left forces would thus only lead to
"a minimum program, which does not make noise and which does not anger anyone within the coalition"
.
“People don't believe it
,” he said.
“We do not agree so we go out to the voters. It is the peculiarity of democracy ”
, he assured, calling on his competitors to rather
“ enhance ”
their
“ arguments ”
.
In the event of qualification for the second round, the candidate of La France Insoumise, on the other hand,
"made a commitment"
to open
discussions with the other left-wing forces as soon as
"the next day" for
"the majority to be formed for the government"
.
“The framework will be the Common Future
(the program of La France Insoumise, Editor's note).
We will discuss the aspects ”
, he promised.
Measured around 10% of voting intentions in the polls - a little more than the other left-wing candidates - Jean-Luc Mélenchon believes that the
“probability”
of reaching the presidential final
“exists”
well.
"If the popular mass mobilizes, I have a reasonable chance of arriving in the second round"
, he assured, whereas he considers to represent the
"popular pole"
of this presidential election.
"I offer a global vision
The candidate of La France Insoumise also thinks he can take advantage of the hesitation of the French within four months of the election.
"The country is looking for itself, the people are lost"
, he said, judging that the traditional political forces had
"lied and betrayed"
in the past.
“I tell people: I offer you a global vision, not four, five measures that I invented with three communicators and two experts”
.
In difficulty in his quest for sponsorships, Jean-Luc Mélenchon also claimed Sunday
“391 sponsorships”
of elected officials out of the 500 needed. The LFI candidate wanted to appeal to elected officials:
“Sponsorship is not about supporting.
When an elected official sponsors me, he does not agree with me, he says that I have the right to be present in the name of democracy ”
.
