Jean-Luc Mélenchon promises his people:
"Another world is still possible!"
.
If the former LFI candidate rejoiced in front of the cameras at the defeat of Marine Le Pen on Sunday evening -
"very good news for the unity of our people"
- he judged that Emmanuel Macron's victory had allowed
"by default and under the constraint of biased choice"
.
“He floats in an ocean of abstention, of blank and invalid ballots”
, he mocked, while affirming a little quickly that he
“is the worst elected of the presidents of the Republic of the Fifth Republic”
.
This title actually goes to Georges Pompidou elected head of state in 1969 with 31.1% abstention (against 28.2% this Sunday).
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“You can choose another path”
To mitigate the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, Jean-Luc Mélenchon called on his voters who raised him to third place in the first round (21.95%) to mobilize
"frankly and massively"
for the legislative elections.
"The third round starts tonight
," he said.
"You can beat Mr. Macron and choose another path if you elect a majority of the new popular union which must expand
," he said, as if to reach out to other leftist forces.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon even described his voters in the first round as a
“popular bloc”
which would constitute, according to him,
“the third estate which can change everything if it comes together and expands”
.
“Democracy can once again give us the means to change course”
, he again promised, calling for
“to bring to life a new common future for our people”
.