The rebellious leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon accused Thursday the Socialists of “double talk”, accusing them of holding a speech of union on the left while fueling the division on the European and senatorial elections. The former presidential candidate relayed on X (formerly Twitter) a message from the First Secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure.
Incorrigible double talk! Unite by dividing in senatorial and European elections? https://t.co/S8xGKXBxdG
— Jean-Luc Melenchon (@JLMelenchon) August 17, 2023
The latter, who rebounded on Nicolas Sarkozy’s support for Gérald Darmanin, wrote: “Hostilities on the right have only just begun. To the left and to the ecologists not to fall into the deadly spiral of division”. “Incorrigible doublespeak! Unite by dividing in senatorial and European elections?”, added Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Nicolas Sarkozy’s interview marks the end of #Renaissance. Hostilities on the right have only just begun.
To the left and to ecologists not to fall into the deadly spiral of division.— Olivier Faure (@faureolivier) August 16, 2023
Faure accuses Mélenchon of “insulting” him
The public attack did not please the socialist leader, who proposed to the rebellious leader to discuss in private. “Dear JLM, I still have the same phone number and recently sent you a message inviting you to chat. We can see each other if you want. We can’t share the same analyzes without needing to shout at each other on Twitter, to the delight of the right and the despair of the left”, quickly replied Olivier Faure.
Dear JLM, I still have the same phone and recently sent you a message inviting you to chat. We can see each other if you want. We can not share the same analyzes without needing to berate each other on Twitter, to the delight of the right and the despair of the left. https://t.co/hMDLjns9h6
— Olivier Faure (@faureolivier) August 17, 2023
Shortly after, another post by Jean-Luc Mélenchon followed. “Olivier Faure, I am not inveighing against you, unlike your friends who expelled us from the senatorial lists and are preparing to do the same in the European and municipal elections. the FI: Bompard, Panot, Aubry. Me, I give my opinion. That’s all”, tackled the former socialist senator, who had announced his withdrawal after the presidential election of 2022.
Olivier Faure, I am not inveighing against you, unlike your friends who expelled us from the senatorial lists and are preparing to do the same in the European and municipal elections.
If you want to come back to these sectarian choices, contact the leaders of the FI: Bompard,… https://t.co/jZB39tKAY9
— Jean-Luc Melenchon (@JLMelenchon) August 17, 2023
“If you want to meet me, come to the demonstration on September 23 against police violence and the ‘license to kill’ law that you still have not renounced”, he added in reference to the 2017 Cazeneuve law. which governs the use of firearms by police and gendarmes.
Sharp tensions between rebels and socialists
Since the creation of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) for the legislative elections of 2022, tensions have often been high between the rebels and their socialist, environmentalist and communist allies despite a unity of views on the file of the retreats. LFI in particular pleaded for a common list in the European elections of 2024, while the Greens and the Communists have already named their leaders for this election.
Regarding the senatorial elections, which will take place in more than a month, on September 24, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party and the ecologists have reached a partial agreement, without including La France Insoumise, in several departments. What to wonder last month on his blog Manuel Bompard, the coordinator of the movement mélenchoniste, on “the sincere will of our partners to continue Nupes”.
The Insoumis have no elected to the Senate, controlled by the right, against 64 for the Socialists. The four left parties will hold their summer universities at the same time, at the end of next week. They should represent a test of their will to unite.