Was it the meeting between a former Premier with one of his successors? The Paris Book Festival, installed at the ephemeral Grand Palais for three days, gave rise to a campaign moment on Friday. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, visiting the festival, stopped at the stand of Edouard Philippe. The former head of government signed there with Gilles Boyer, as they have been doing since April 2021 their latest book “Impressions and clear lines”. A book recounting the years spent at Matignon and the exercise of power.
The two men like each other. Arrived third in the first round of the presidential election, the Insoumis asked Edouard Philippe what he had written about, the latter replied: “On what it is to be Prime Minister, obviously you are interested in this moment!” And the former tenant of Matignon to write a dedication on a copy offered to the tribune: “For Jean-Luc, these impressions and clear lines on what to govern means! Affectionately”.
“I spoiled his pension plan for him. He intends to prevent mine”
Jean-Luc Mélenchon continued on Twitter reposting the photo of the moment tweeted by a journalist. “He was. I want to be. I spoiled his plan on pensions. He intends to prevent mine. We shake hands frankly. Édouard Phillipe, the elegant right”, commented the leader of France Insoumise.
He was. I want to be. I spoiled his plan on pensions. He intends to prevent mine. We shake hands frankly. Édouard Phillipe, the elegant right. https://t.co/P23FxgwYHW
— Jean-Luc Melenchon (@JLMelenchon) April 22, 2022
On Tuesday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, with his 22% in the first round, asked “the French to elect him Prime Minister”, voting for a “majority of rebels” and “members of the Popular Union” in the legislative elections on 12 and 19 June. In an interview with Ouest France on Friday, Emmanuel Macron, favorite in the polls, ten points ahead of Marine Le Pen, was asked about the possibility of governing with the Insoumis leader. The candidate president says he has “respect for the citizens, the voters. But as in sports competitions, it is never good to make the score sheet for the final when you are still in the quarter-finals. And to add: “I think that when we confuse the agendas, we rarely make good decisions”.