The Insoumis would have preferred another scenario.
For months, Jean-Luc Mélenchon's troops have insisted with their left-wing partners to present a “single list” of the Nupes to the Europeans.
They had even proposed to Marie Toussaint, the head of the environmentalist list, to take the lead.
Clear refusal from the other parties who considered the differences too significant.
To hear the Insoumis, such an alliance could have competed with the lists of the presidential camp and the National Rally.
More unofficial reason: the European elections are, by tradition, an unfavorable vote for the radical left.
In fact, in 2019, Manon Aubry's list only received 6.31% of the votes.
“This result does not live up to our expectations
,” Jean-Luc Mélenchon regretted at the time.
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Due to lack of union, Manon Aubry will be officially reappointed as head of the LFI list on Saturday March 16, during a “Popular Union Convention” in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis) after an activist vote whose outcome will not be resolved. there is no doubt.
In the absence of alliances with the parties, the Insoumis have nevertheless managed to poach certain figures.
An attempt to maintain a semblance of union.
“We want to bring together the orphans of Nupes.
A political family still lives here which has not given up on this program, on this hope
,” said Manon Aubry on Wednesday afternoon during a press conference where the list was revealed.
Pro-Palestinian activist
We thus find Damien Carême, former Green MEP, in 8th position.
The former mayor of Grande-Synthe (North) ended up falling out with the environmentalist party.
Also on the list: Arash Saeidi, the former national coordinator of the small Génération-s party, in 6th position.
The latter was removed from his responsibilities for having organized, without the approval of the executive office, a militant referendum which had decided support for the LFI list.
According to the leaders of Génération-s, this internal ballot would have been
“used outside of any framework the means of the movement to unilaterally launch a simulacrum of consultation, null and void to serve only (the) personal interests”.
The Insoumis also convinced Camille Hachez, former head of the Young Environmentalists.
A decision above all symbolic since his name is placed in 19th place, a position deemed ineligible.
Among the little surprises: the presence of Rima Hassan, a 32-year-old Franco-Palestinian activist in 7th position on the list.
The leadership of the movement expressed its “
pride”
and
“honor”
to have her in its ranks, welcoming this
“voice of defense of the rights of the Palestinian people”
.
This personality has already sparked controversy.
On
case for the Palestinians.
“In other words, an armed group in this context has a legitimate existence but the actions they carry out are not all legal and, in this context, fall under international law
,” she added, reference to the attack of October 7.
Accused of being complacent towards Hamas, Rima Hassan was defended on Wednesday by Manuel Bompard, the national coordinator of LFI:
"We are also accused too, that's not why it's true
. "