“For me the fight is as much against the far right as against the far left. Le Pen-Mélenchon: same fight”declares Sunday May 8 on franceinfo Jean-François Copé, mayor Les Républicains de Meaux.
LIVE The meeting of the left: a historic agreement? ➡️ “I am very severe on the decision taken by the PS to align and submit to the far left”, criticizes Jean-François Copé. “Le Pen-Mélenchon, same fight”, he adds. pic.twitter.com/WHutgTjWx9
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The former minister and former president of the UMP says to himself “severe” towards the Socialist Party, after its agreement with La France insoumise with a view to the legislative elections. “The PS has slept behind the far left and renounces most of its DNA”believes Jean-François Copé, who thinks that the LFI program “has nothing to do with the DNA of a Socialist Party from the great French Republican history”.
“There is a hypocrisy in France about what Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his friends represent. We speak modestly of ‘left of the left’ because we don’t want to say the real word. The real word is ‘ leftmost'”says Jean-François Copé.
LIVE A risk of failure for Les Républicains during the legislative elections? ➡ “I hope that in the territories where we are very rooted, we will be able to convince the French that this rebalancing with the right of government is needed”, explains Jean-François Copé. pic.twitter.com/njbAVYSWvO
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He considers that his party, Les Républicains, “has assets for this legislative election”And this, “despite all the misfortunes that have befallen us”. The LR candidate, Valérie Pécresse, won only 4.8% of the vote in the first round of the presidential election, unheard of for the right-wing party. The first of these advantages is “to embody a very strong territorial anchorage”assures Jean-François Copé, who believes that “the French government right can provide answers in a number of areas”such as safety or ecology “positive”. “I hope we will be able to convince the French”he said.