I read in the press that I was going to declare my candidacy today, launch Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the middle of his meeting. But why would I do that? Did you not realize that you have already treated me like a candidate since 2012, every day?
Thunderous applause, the audience agrees. Gathered outside, by the lake of the Palais des Congrès in Châteauneuf-sur-Isère (Drôme), the Insoumis follow the closing meeting of their summer meetings with special attention.
I’ll make my decision in October
Will their boss be a presidential candidate – the only election that counts in our country
, does he think – in 2022? I’ll make my decision in October
, just before the holding of a new LFI convention, he announces. There would be indecency, utter ridicule, to go head-to-head over how to nominate a presidential candidate while millions die of fear
, slips Jean-Luc Mélenchon to those who are eyeing his place … while assuring them that he would be ready to chat
if his comrades were considering another option
than him in 2022.
That is not the important thing
, insists however the old chief (69 years old Thursday August 20), who wants above all that his ideas endure. Grooming “The future in common”, its 2017 program, is underway. LFI parliamentarians will have to translate the main points into legislative proposals or European directives by the time of the election, so that the movement is ready to rule
in case of victory.
A common project
Govern with whom? “I’m glad to see that [les écologistes] say what we said a year ago, Mélenchon replies. It is not a collection of acronyms that must be made, it is a common project. Well, we have one! Seven million people voted for [«L’avenir en commun » en 2017]. They said they no longer wanted this Europe, its institutions, the market governing all of society. There are no arrangements possible on these matters. And don’t think that it will only take one or two belly dances to overcome our convictions! “
The activists laugh and appreciate. Their Meal
always has the shape. The union will only take place under the conditions of the rebels. Here they are reassured.
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