Wedged on his chair on the eve of the first round of the legislative elections, facing a few journalists, Jean-Luc Mélenchon considers himself on the point of writing a new page of history.
L'Insoumis willingly mocks these days "
the fear of Russian tanks
" which was current when François Mitterrand came to power in 1981, but his reference to him is indeed 1917.
"At the time of the Russian revolution , Lenin had said to Trotsky: 'It's turning,'”
says this history buff.
As the wind turns.
In fact, Lenin said to him in German, according to Trotsky's autobiography: “
Es schwindelt!
Understand:
"I'm dizzy."
It is possible that this is also the case for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, all things considered.
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The leader of the Insoumis, at the head of Nupes – the alliance of the left and environmentalists – seems captivated by this unprecedented electoral sequence.
“You feel like me that it quivers.
Our circles are going to mobilize whereas before they didn't give a damn about the legislative elections.
Victory…
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