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CHRONIC. He would see himself as Prime Minister. But, at 71, the eager leader of the Insoumis seems to forget the heaviness of a function which has exhausted more than one.
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By Christine Clerc
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To Soon to be 71 years old, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a great defender of retirement at 60 – like 68% of French people according to his program L’Avenir en commun – does he imagine that the post of Prime Minister for which he declares himself a candidate is a sinecure? Does he see the Hôtel de Matignon as a luxurious retirement home? The function of second character of the State that he claims, because it would allow him both to “bring together a constituent assembly to pass to the VIand Republic””, to “abolish the presidential monarchy”, to “sweep away the oligarchy and abolish the privileges of the caste”, to “launch major ecological projects that create jobs and reduce working time”, to “finally eradicating poverty and, of course, bringing finance into line”, would it be a fo…
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