I love you, I don’t – The Somme MP accuses Jean-Luc Mélenchon of abandoning part of the rural electorate
Whistles but also applause: in front of an excited and divided audience, François Ruffin confirmed his “deep moral and electoral disagreement” with Jean-Luc Mélenchon and La France Insoumise, Saturday during a debate at the Fête de l’Humanité in Brétigny-sur-Orge (Essonne).
The deputy from the Somme, who broke with LFI during his difficult re-election campaign in the legislative elections, arrived on the stage of the Agora to boos, to debate with other left-wing deputies on the theme of uniting the working classes.
The cause: his growing and repeated public opposition to Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whom he accuses of abandoning part of the rural electorate to concentrate on young people and the neighborhoods.
Already described as a “drag” during the campaign, the rebellious leader was this week attributed by François Ruffin with contemptuous remarks about the working-class voters of Hénin-Beaumont, Marine Le Pen’s electoral territory.
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“A political mistake,” accuses him, facing him, the new rebellious deputy Raphaël Arnault for whom François Ruffin has “hurt a lot of comrades, in particular the youth who mobilized.” “Dividing the working classes among themselves is not the right way to do it,” continued the member of the antifascist movement (…) - 20minutes
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