Jean-Luc Mélenchon calls for “a joint candidacy” on the basis of the LFI program in the event of an early presidential election

Jean-Luc Mélenchon is calling for a rally to those who want to join the program of La France insoumise (LFI), in the event of an early presidential election that he is calling for.

“We are in favor of a joint candidacy. We said it to each other ten times, based on the program. And as we go with the program, well, whoever wants comes, they are welcome”launched during a speech to activists in Paris, Friday November 29, the LFI leader who wants the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron.

“We understood that (…) the Communist Party no longer wants us, we have understood that the right of the Socialist Party no longer wants [de nous] and we refuse to go our way with people who insult us along the way”he added. The leader, already a presidential candidate three times, proposed a “federal offer” has “those who want” join LFI to “to run a joint candidacy for the presidential election”.

“The charade which consists of coming to each election to take constituencies and chip away at the program is over”he warned.

Disagreement on the strategy to follow

These statements come at a time when the threat of censorship hangs over the Barnier government, but the various left-wing parties do not seem to agree on the direction to follow. LFI criticizes the socialists for wanting to reach out to the presidential camp, and thus bury the New Popular Front.

On Sunday, the leader of the socialist deputies, Boris Vallaud, pleaded for a dialogue between all parties, with the exception of the National Rally, to “raise the question of the conditions for non-censorship”which would necessarily involve compromises. At the end of October, the boss of the Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, who lost his seat as deputy for the North in June, argued that if he were to run again, “it would not be in an alliance with LFI”.

The various candidacies on the left during the 2022 presidential election had reduced Jean-Luc Mélenchon's chances of reaching the second round of the presidential election.