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“Liberation” had access to the mail addressed to the national secretary of EE-LV, Julien Bayou, by La France insoumise. The formation of Jean-Luc Mélenchon proposes to support the ecologists in about fifteen constituencies in exchange for not presenting themselves against their outgoing.
The presidential campaign is played with an open face. The candidates follow meetings, debates and walks. They are going to meet the French, they say. Things are also happening behind the scenes. Negotiations and discussions between the different colors. They do not concern the presidential election – no candidate intends to back down before the first round – but the legislative ones. Telephones ring on the left. The communists exchange with the socialists who speak with the ecologists. The agreements are still a long way off. They will decide (or not) according to the presidential scores. It is she who will indicate the balance of power between one and the other. Today, La France insoumise (LFI) is still a bit far from the second round but it is (by far) leading the battle in the polls. The competitors on the left are far behind.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s movement recently made a first approach. Alexandra Mortet and Paul Vannier – they are in charge of the elections pole – sent a letter to the national secretary of Europe Ecologie-les Verts (EE-LV), Julien Bayou, to make him a proposal. We had access to this little letter. The rebellious lay down two first conditions. The first: they want the Green candidate, Yannick Jadot, to stop his attacks against Jean-Luc Mélenchon. And…