the candidacy of his son-in-law is controversial

When we talk about close to Jean-Luc Melenchonhard not to mention Maryline Mélenchon, his only daughter, born in 1974 from his marriage to Bernadette Abriel. This editorial secretary for Éditions 2031, a “associative publishing house”as she stated in her Instagram biography, is also a fervent supporter of his illustrious father. Quite naturally, this rather special activist had called on the French to support the latter for the battle of the legislative elections which he decided to carry out under the common banner of Nupes, ie the “New People’s Ecological and Social Union”. “From Monday, we start campaigning for the People’s Union program in the legislative elections on June 12 and 19. Let’s elect Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Prime Minister!” had claimed the young woman on her Instagram account, Wednesday, April 20.

If Éric Coquerel, coordinator of the Left Party, described Maryline Mélenchon as “an activist invested and devoted to her party” on the set of LCI in 2017, the companion of the latter also plays an important role within La France insoumise. Gabriel Amard has thus established himself as one of the advisors to Jean-Luc Mélenchon before becoming national secretary party. More recently, he decided to present his candidacy for the legislative elections in the Rhone department. “This is the first time that there is no socialist candidate in the first round of legislative elections, our territory has been despised“, had lamented Jean-Paul Bret, former PS mayor of Villeurbanne, in the columns of theWorldMonday, June 6, 2022. And to add, scathingly: “Finding yourself in the auxiliary of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Gabriel Amard, there is something that does not pass. It was all imposed by step-dad.”

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, his son-in-law sent “without asking anyone’s opinion”?

Visibly upset, Jean-Paul Bret also showed his dissatisfaction with our colleagues from20 minutesJune 5, 2022: “They sent their candidate without asking anyone’s opinion, I think it’s an insult to Villeurbanne, which has always had PS candidates.” For his part, Gabriel Amard made a point of recalling that its projects in Isère were undera personal choice and not ofa wish from his father-in-law. “My family has been there for five generations. I have always dreamed of living there and getting involved in the region. […] My great-grandfather Gabriel had put his suitcases there, I have always been attached to it. My mother, who was born in Lyon, lives there. My daughter was born in Lyon”, he indicated on the airwaves ofFrance Bluein February 2021.