A very present leader… No longer a deputy since the last election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon does not intend to lose his influence in the National Assembly, where he only remained for five years. So the Insoumis leader spends time at the Palais Bourbon. “Generally, he comes to chat, meet people, for appointments…” confides an Insoumis to the Parisian, even if “he has been coming less since January”. Guide for newcomers last June, an improvised meeting in a room next to his former office, the former socialist feels at home there.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon knows how to weigh the weight of his presence in the Assembly, even when he is absent. Remember: on the penultimate day of the Assembly’s pension reform review, all it takes is a tweet for him to be the center of attention. The spiritual leader of the Insoumis urges the LFI deputies not to withdraw their amendments. A speech that makes the Nupes cringe… But bet won for the former senator: “We were fed up with being forced our hand: we brought out the big artillery with the tweet by Jean-Luc. The others from Nupes kept their mouths shut for forty-eight hours. It seemed preferable to us to silence them,” boasts an executive of the movement. Mélenchon’s strike force impresses. In a speech on Twitter, his name is on the lips of all ministers.
When he wants to get his messages across internally, the sexagenarian can count on his followers (Sophia Chikirou, Manuel Bompard, Mathilde Panot, etc.) to relay it. And when he concentrates on his other missions, there again, he knows how to keep abreast of what is happening within the hemicycle, in particular thanks to Antoine Léaument, who does not hesitate to send him the latest news, sometimes in the form of jokes, as the daily reports.
And when the Insoumis deputies plan a happening or a joke aimed at the Government, Mélenchon is present to vote and give his opinion. This is how the former MP for Marseille validated the idea of ??a “moo box” making the sound of the famous “Nobody cracked” by Olivier Dussopt…
It’s hard not to agree with the Insoumis leader when he asserts himself “withdrawn, but not withdrawn”…
