the fight over pensions does not mask internal tensions
Raquel Garrido at a meeting in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP In…
the fight over pensions does not mask internal tensions
Raquel Garrido at a meeting in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP
In a meeting in Bobigny, the slingers opposed to Jean-Luc Mélenchon could not fight against the images of a full house in Montpellier around the leader Insoumis, also in a meeting against the reform.
They were perhaps 200 activists opposed to the pension reform, gathered Thursday evening at the Bobigny Labor Exchange (Seine-Saint-Denis) by the deputy LFI Raquel Garrido. Around her, behind the table, other deputies rebellious having more or less openly denounced the internal governance and strategy of Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the battle for pensions: Clémentine Autain, Alexis Corbière, Éric Coquerel, François Ruffin… But facing them in Montpellier, at the same time, several hundred of activists – 1400 according to the organizers – gave Jean-Luc Mélenchon a standing ovation. The leader of the Insoumis organized his meeting at the last minute to counter that of the slingers.
Mélenchon wins the image battle
At the end of another day of protest marked by a declining mobilizationthe former presidential contender also warned the government: “We will not lower our voice, anywhere, as long as I am there (…) we will win”. Before sending a message to the parliamentary left…
