An article that makes noise. On March 30, West France publishes this article on its website: Mélenchon does not rule out supporting Le Pen in the second round in the event of a duel with Macron. “Problem, and size: Jean-Luc Mélenchon never said that.
What is it based on West France ? An AFP dispatch headlined: “ Mélenchon would consult his base in the event of a Macron-Le Pen duel. Dispatch which takes up the words of the boss of the Insoumis, in an interview with Telegram : “310,000 people sponsor my candidacy. So on the evening of the first round, we will ask them what we are doing for the second round”.
West France quickly corrected his article. To AFP, the management indicated: It’s a mistake that was made in the title. The title did not correspond to the body of the text, which was right for him. »
On the Insoumis side, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s entourage confirms to Desintox that the candidate ” never said that “. To the question of an option ” Vote Marine Le Pen » in the consultation, here is what we are told: « Never. Not a voice on the far right “.
On March 31, Manuel Bompard, LFI campaign director, had already specified that in 2017, a consultation for the second round had taken place, “ and that the option of voting for the extreme right did not exist. In this case, the terms of consultation will be the same “. To know : ” do not vote », « vote blank “, Where ” vote Emmanuel Macron “.
But on the networks, as often, the denial circulated much less than the original article. So much so thata journalist from West France called for help to report tweets relaying the screenshot of the erroneous article.
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