Pass of arms on BFMTV. This Tuesday, November 12, the deputy of La France Insoumise Manuel Bompard was invited on the show “Perrine until midnight”, the last evening edition. The opportunity for him to debate in particular on the question: “Has the left betrayed the workers?” with the editorialists present on the set. Among these, Yves Thréard, former deputy director and editorialist at “Figaro” (where he still appears, now at the head of the cultural pages), who joined the news channel continuously during the last school year.
“No Yves Thréard, don’t lie”
“The Communist Party, 40 years ago, had between 20 and 25%, alone, in an election“, he said, emphasizing the word “alone“. “Today you…” he continued, before being interrupted by the deputy. “We made 22% sir“, recalled Manuel Bompard. “No, no, not alone”, a retorted the editorialist. “We weren't alone in the presidential election?“, the elected official is surprised. “Well no, you are also with socialists“, continued the journalist, while Manuel Bompard tried to take him back, visibly annoyed. “No no no, Yves Thréard, don’t lie, tell the truth, you are a journalist!“, he exclaimed. “The 22% that we made in the presidential election did we do with which other party than La France Insoumise? You said with others, which ones?“, he then questioned.
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“The Socialist Party and the…“replied the journalist, visibly taken aback.”Was he behind Mélenchon in the presidential election? So no, we were all alone, you agree?“, continued the deputy, without letting the editorialist speak. “You just said that we don't do between 20 and 25% on our own, precisely we did 22% on our own“. “There was a terrible abstention“, insisted the journalist, before the debate moved to the next topic. Puremédias invites you to discover the sequence in the video above.
During the 2022 presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, LFI candidate, came in third position behind Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, with 21.95% of the votes. The Socialist Party candidate Anne Hidalgo only received 1.75% of the votes.
