“You are waiting for Jean-Luc”, asks Philippe Rio, mayor (PCF) of Grigny to the crowd, this Tuesday evening.
" Yes !!!!
we answer him.
“Well, it will happen,” he reassures them.
The meeting was given at 6:30 p.m. next to the Louis-Pergaud school, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne) as part of the campaign for the legislative elections.
For the occasion, some of the candidates of the Nupes (New People's Ecological and Social Union) were gathered.
But it was not until 7 p.m. that the leader of rebellious France finally made his appearance on the stage, cutting short the speech of Antoine Léaument, candidate in the 10th constituency, "I believe that it is no longer any use I continue, "says the candidate -" the almost best of ours ", as described by Jean-Luc Mélenchon -, who understood that the public's attention was no longer there.
"I can't believe he's in front of me," laughs a young man in front of the stage.
"I'm a bit of a local"
Jean-Luc Mélenchon kisses the candidates present before approaching the microphone.
And to greet, on several occasions "known heads".
"I'm kind of from around here.
I have been a senator, general counsellor, I have known local mayors, I know what they are going through, the projects they have carried out at arm's length for the oldest, "he recalls before launch into an hour-long speech.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Tuesday June 7, 2022. Jean-Luc Mélenchon came to support his candidates in Essonne including Antoine Léaument (whom he kisses), Farida Amrani (pink jacket) and Claire Lejeune (in black).
In front of him, the crowd gathered, laughs, encourages or applauds each shocking sentence of the speaker.
“I thought there would be more of us,” slips a member of the organization.
Mouna, a resident of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, preferred to lose an hour of work to be there.
"Sunday, I know very well who I'm going to vote for, I have no doubt," she says.
“Our candidates are hard-headed”
“It doesn't matter if you don't remember the candidate's name.
You will learn the name of your MP.
They will then make me the Prime Minister, ”assures them Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Who took advantage of his presence to go over the main lines of his program: the minimum wage at 1,500 euros, equal pay, the end of Parcoursup, the establishment of a local police, or even additional means for hospitals.
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“We are about to experience an unprecedented historic event.
We must be sent to the National Assembly.
Our candidates are hard-headed, well-experienced in everyday life.
The majority is within reach, ”he assures.
"We're going to win," the crowd begins to sing in response.
Barely time to shake a few hands, that Jean-Luc Mélenchon has already left.
Marine and Marine are disappointed: “We would have liked to be able to take a picture with him,” they sigh.
At 18 and 19, they came from Avrainville and Vert-le-Grand to see the one they had chosen to be their president.
“We were very frustrated with the result of the presidential election.
It was heartbreaking.
But these legislative elections are the third round.
We will get there, we believe in it anyway.
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