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Friday, a few hours before the first debate against Marlène Schiappa, LFI deputy Alexis Corbière (Seine-Saint-Denis) was stressed.
“
It will have to go well
”, he slipped to his relatives.
On Saturday, Minister Olivia Grégoire, in charge of small and medium-sized enterprises, questioned, also concerned, after a debate on the economy with another Insoumis deputy, Adrien Quatennens (North): “
So, it was How? 'Or' What ?
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The exercise, unprecedented among the Insoumis, was perilous for everyone.
More than a thousand activists, out of the approximately 4,000 claimed by the organizers of this university, the most important on the left and by far, rushed to each of these show-events.
Meetings intended to claim the status of main opposition at LFI, and to reach out to the country on the eve of a stormy social return for the others.
To also make a difference heard within the majority.
Olivia Grégoire, best class enemy
It was probably Saturday morning, with Olivia Grégoire, that the tension rose to its peak.
It must be said that the Minister, while emphasizing the interest of the debate, did not try too hard to seduce her audience.
"
What interests me,
she confided to them in an ironic tone,
is not so much training in political ideology as the reality of the facts...
" On the very low unemployment, the controlled inflation, the dividends "
signs of good health
", the action of the government, the remarks were launched drumbeat.
With responses in the form of boos, whistles, arrests, the resumption of the song of "yellow vests".
Like Marlène Schiappa the day before, Olivia Grégoire did not let herself be defeated: “
Yes I believe in capital and thank you for this warm atmosphere!
The icing on the cake, before leaving the white-hot assembly, Olivia Grégoire took the risk of inviting them to re-read Marx in a debate on the relationship between wages and work.
Enough to win the medal for the most tense debate.
A few hours later, the queue was long to attend the debate between the former Keeper of the Seals Rachida Dati and the deputy LFI Ugo Bernalicis (North), rebellious specialist in the Justice file.
“
Ugo to Beauveau!
“, sang his supporters in memory of a notable clip of his campaign.
The LR mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris has fulfilled her role as host, keeping the floor with talent to praise her action in Place Vendôme, her commitment to the working classes from which she comes, scrolling through her proposals to reform Justice.
“
We are not at a meeting!
protested the room.
“
I have the impression of finding the left of the Council of Paris
she replied with a laugh.
No doubt, she took hold of the Insoumis deputy who let himself be done without protesting too much.
The end result was up to the expectations of all participants.
The time was not for the stigmatization of the Insoumis outside the Republican arc, even if Dati underlined, on the sidelines, that “
certain remarks
” could come out of it.
