LEGISLATIVE HOW JEAN-LUC MELANCHON ESTABLISHED HIS DOMINATION

ON THE LEFT PARTIES

First successful bet for Jean-Luc Mélenchon: LFI-EEVL agreement

La France insoumise and Europe Écologie-Les Verts (EELV) have reached a historic agreement for the June legislative elections on the night of Sunday to Monday. With EELV, the weekend indeed made it possible to make the final compromises, around the relationship to Europe ("disobedience" but only to certain economic and budgetary rules if necessary), the common label ("New People's Ecological and social”) or even on the division of constituencies, the most fiercely debated subjects. Another decided question: in the event of a majority in the National Assembly, "the Prime Minister would come from the largest group in the Assembly", ie Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

On the strength of a historic agreement for the legislative elections concluded with EELV, La France insoumise resumed negotiations yesterday with the PS and the PCF. The PRG will go it alone in this election, he warned.

At the PS, the difficult acceptability of an agreement with LFI

It remains to come to an agreement with the Socialist Party. A major challenge as the estrangement is deep since the departure of Jean-Luc Mélenchon from Solférino in 2008. “It is progressing, be sure that we are doing everything in our power to make it move forward”, assured Jean-Luc Mélenchon during the May Day demonstrations. Already weakened by the defeat of Anne Hidalgo in the first round of the presidential election (1.75% of the vote), the PS now finds itself threatened by the shock wave of the ongoing discussions with La France insoumise (LFI) for an agreement with the June legislative. Several PS figures, from François Hollande to Jean-Christophe Cambadélis via Stéphane Le Foll have accused party boss Olivier Faure of "submission" to LFI. "A first base of proposals" taking up the essentials of Jean-Luc Mélenchon's program was given by the party on Friday: Retirement at 60, minimum wage at 1,400 euros net, repeal of the El-Khomri law, ecological planning, changeover towards a Sixth Republic... But the document quickly set fire to the powder. "It's not an electoral alliance but a submission, I get lots of messages from activists who tell me: 'If that's it, I'm leaving'", strangled a parliamentarian in the morning. The president of Occitanie, Carole Delga, made known her disapproval on social networks by quoting Pierre MendèsFrance … and by presenting the socialist candidates for the legislative elections in the Tarn on Thursday. His Breton counterpart, Loïg Chesnais-Girard,

Failing to link their entire destiny to the LFI project for the coming term of office, will they have to hear the voice of the cynical former Prime Minister Manuel Valls who, like a bad dancer, constantly changes his waltz step? “The Socialist Party is dead (...) we have to get out of old divisions and outdated software. I say this to these sincere activists and elected officials, attached to a government, social, secular and republican left who refuse this submission: your place is alongside Emmanuel Macron, ”he proclaims.

Would the end (a few seats in Parliament) justify all the means (moral corruption) ?

The Melanchon strategy

The arm wrestling, as tough as it is, for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, this "new People's Union", extended to other forces must always remain in line with the strategy that has built its success in the presidential election.

This project of popular union for the legislative represents, indeed for him, the culmination of a long-standing strategy. A year ago, Yannick Jadot tried to become the strong man of the left by bringing together all the leaders for the presidential election. a total failure. At this meeting, Jean-Luc Mélenchon already had 2022 in mind. As of April 11, on the strength of his third place in the first round of the presidential election with 22% of the vote, the leader of the Insoumis therefore put himself in order battle to execute his vision. The objective now displayed: to unite the left for the "third round", the legislative elections, and to run for the post of Prime Minister.

And with his slogan, "Elect me Prime Minister" drawn between the two rounds, he succeeded not only in mobilizing his camp for the legislative elections but also in displaying himself as the number 1 opponent to Emmanuel Macron.

However, on April 24, Jean-Luc Mélenchon was clearly beaten: Emmanuel Macron obtained 2 million votes more than him and Marine Le Pen 421,000. He failed to rally more voters on his name and his project. Moreover, the camp he claims to lead is very clearly in the minority: the entire left won 11.2 million votes in the first round, ie 32% of the vote; in other words, the other political currents won 68% of the vote and 12.7 million more votes. The left and La France insoumise lost, by far, the presidential election, counts a journalist.

It is therefore a title that could well claim the National Rally of Marine Le Pen, unfortunate finalist of the presidential election.