Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who is no longer a member of parliament, deplored the strategy of the communist allies. His former faithful, now breaking with him, were gathered in Bobigny, to keep, in contrast, a pro-naked plea.
by Sandrine Cassini and Julie Carriat
Duel at a distance, and with great shots published on social networks, Thursday, February 16 in the evening at La France Insoumise. In Bobigny, in Seine-Saint-Denis, where the slingers of rebellious France held a meeting to protest against the pension reform, the 450 green armchairs of the Labor Stock Exchange were not all occupied, when Alexis Corbière, Clémentine Autain, Raquel Garrido, Eric Coquerel, and other members of the new Ecological and Social People’s Popular Union (Nuts), such as the deputy EELV Sabrina Sebahi or the Communist Fabien Gay have entered forty-five minutes late.
“We try to ensure that no voice is missing in the assembly,” apologized Eric Coquerel, president of the finance committee, recalling the delicate context of this meeting, organized at 24 hours from the End of debates at the Bourbon Palace on the bill aimed at postponing the legal retirement age to 64 years old.
At the same time, in Montpellier, the rebellious France relayed photos of a full -to -crack corum – 1,400 people claimed by the organizers – where Jean -Luc Mélenchon also held a meeting. Surrounded by faithful, like the mayor of Grabels René Revol or the deputy of Hérault Nathalie Oziol. Deputy of the vintage too, Sébastien Rome sang his praises: “Jean-Luc opened a way of hope that he continues to walk in mind. He is and remains a lighthouse for all of us”, he said.
“I never apologize”
The former presidential candidate, delighted with the crowds, defended his family, “the excited and the rough”. Some of the LFI deputies apologized for their words, “I never apologize,” he launched before defending the deputy Thomas Portes: “The rule in life, we do not touch the comrades”. After a keen plea against the reform and for the need to “work less”, he called the “comrades of the cloud” to silence their criticisms: “No need to go to the others, even if you are not Okay, keep it for you, “he said, citing in particular” Dédé Chassaigne “, Communist President of the Democratic and Republican Left Group (GDR), who offended the words of the rebellious in the hemicycle . Then develop your advice to parliamentarians.
A few hours earlier, he sowed the seeds of the division by criticizing, in a tweet, the withdrawal of communist amendments in order to accelerate the debate, even though the rebellious, under pressure and shared, refuse for the moment to do the same.
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