His name says a lot about what has become of France rebellious over time: The pack. Journalists Charlotte Belaïch (Libération) and Olivier Pérou (The world) investigated for two years and harvested the testimonies of those who know perfectly the leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, or who have crossed his path and his disciples. The world In publishing some extracts on Monday, May 5. A dive into the rebellious, completely opaque system, a machine devoted to the chef where differences have no place – at the risk of being dismissed.
Pillars paid the price, such as the academic Charlotte Girard in 2019, then more recently the friend of always Alexis Corbière, Raquel Garrido, Clémentine Autain, François Ruffin … A machine where violence is invited between rebellious frames, between deputies, in messaging loops, with ferocious, even cruel exchanges, to be discovered in the book. Example, in The worldwith this message from the deputy of North Ugo Bernalicis, intended for those who, before the purge began to make their discomfort heard, Clémentine Autain, Alexis Corbière … Following a meeting between deputies, muscular, who leaked in the press, where the young rebellious “Break down!”he writes: “So the relous? We make the victims because I said what I thought of you internally? You give me the wreath even more (…) I am nice, I said: ‘break yourself’ to leave you the opportunity to live your line with a minimum of dignity and loyalty. But if it is necessary to transform this slogan into ‘virons-les’, I am ready there. “
This investigation shows the total devotion that the rebellious in the tribune owes. Our colleagues tell how the latter maintains a court phenomenon, with the right to sit next to him at the table. A man who to preserve the loyalty of the troops blows hot and cold, rises against each other, to his most faithful lieutenants Manuel Bompard and Paul Vannier.
We discover the role of the one who shares her life, Sophia Chikirou, indicted in the 2017 campaign accounts case. Jean -Luc Mélenchon lets her enjoy the status of “chef’s chef” internally – this is the term used in the investigation which promises revelations on the deputy, described as brutal, humiliating and even having fun being compared to the widow of Mao Zedong.
A book where it is also a question of anti-Semitism, with a question: how does the child of Tangier, historic Zionist according to one of his relatives, managed to multiply the missteps since October 7? To assimilate the French Jews to Israeli politics? To endorse the whistles against his political son, the socialist Jérôme Guedj, of Jewish confession? The investigation is in any case quite embarrassing so that LFI, according to information from Franceinfo, moves heaven and earth to get their hands on it in recent days. The packto discover Wednesday May 7 at Flammarion editions.
