The leader of rebellious France took the floor in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges where this weekend is held a municipal election this weekend and at which deputy Louis Boyard presents himself.
In the meeting Thursday evening with Louis Boyard in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Ville du Val-de-Marne where the young LFI deputy presents himself in a partial municipal election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon praised his concept of “New France” in a speech Mixing local and national issues.
“Yes, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges looks like this new France I speak of in my speeches,” launched the LFI tribune, who came to support Louis Boyard three days from the first round of this partial partial election convened by the Val-de -Marl.
“When I was a kid, one in ten French people had a foreign grandparent. Now it's one in four. That it continues, so much the better! Look at what force it gives to France,” said the founder of LFI, By welcoming the working -class districts, “first anti -racist force” according to him.
Located south of Paris, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges is a city with a high poverty rate (34%) where a large population of immigrant origin lives.
“This citizen revolution must begin in the municipal elections”
For this municipal election, the rebellious counts on the very good score made to the last legislative elections by Louis Boyard in this city (61%). “In the current political context, if you overthrow the table, if you elect this list, then you open a path,” promised Jean-Luc Mélenchon to activists and sympathizers.
“This citizen revolution (desired by LFI, editor's note) must begin in the municipal elections,” he insisted.
“Everything binds, from the local battle to the national battle, to the world battle,” assured the triple presidential candidate, who has notably returned to the importance taken by Palestine in the LFI speech since October 7 .
-“The Palestinians today are the figure of those who have no rights, those who are despised, who can be massacred,” he said.
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A partial municipal in Val-de-Marne
The leader of the radical left also referred to the workers' past and railway worker of the city, which has experienced deindustrialisation and impoverishment.
“How could we have transformed Villeneuve into what has become of it? How could we make it the poorest city in Val-de-Marne? (…) How is it possible? The largest triage station in Europe has become a wasteland, “he regretted.
“In Villeneuve, we do not have enough financial means to support all the needs of the population. And there is an official to this situation, it is Emmanuel Macron,” said Louis Boyard.
The young man elected LFI faces in particular during this election to a list of union of the left bringing together socialists, communists and environmentalists,