Its leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon refuses to explicitly call for calm after the outbursts linked to the death of the young man killed by a police officer. This position divides voters.
Criticized by its allies, rebellious France remains on its line. The city of Montreuil, in Seine-Saint-Denis is included in an insubordinate constituency, that of Alexis Corbière. Part of the city center was ransacked by rioters. Among the inhabitants, the position displayed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon divides: the rebellious leader calls “especially the youngest” To “do not touch“to schools or libraries, “our common good“, but without condemning the violence of recent days following the death of Nahel, a young man killed by a police officer. The police “are responsible for part of the situation”, also argued Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
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Around Sandrine, a shopkeeper from Montreuil, wooden plates on her windows which have not yet exploded. “Everything is barricaded, all the shops are closed”, she describes. LFI’s lack of call for calm makes him indignant: “It’s not that I’m disappointed, it’s that I find it shameful. People who say they’re oriented towards the popular, we don’t see the popular side. Here, it’s not Mercedes that have been damaged …”
“For Mélenchon, if he stands for other elections, here or elsewhere, it will cost him dearly!”
Elisabeth, resident of Montreuilat franceinfo
Elisabeth, another Montreuilloise, fumes: “Mr. Mélenchon, I find it unacceptable what he is doing. He provokes and tries to make the revolution to take power.”
“How can we stay calm?”
Among young voters, the tone is quite different: there is no anger against the rebellious leader and his party. “How can we stay calm after such a tragedy?”asks a young woman, adding: “At some point, if you get killed in the street for nothing, no, you can’t call for calm. Afterwards, they did not call to vandalize all the shops in the neighborhood or downtown.
And another to clarify: “Obviously, it’s not good to burn. But, at the same time, it’s not for nothing that it happened”. They say they are ready to support LFI “no matter the cost”.