Overview
- Jean‑Luc Mélenchon said La France insoumise must prove it embodies a “new France,” invoking “grand remplacement” in generational and diversity terms.
- He linked the municipal battle to the presidential race and called for a France unafraid on the world stage, declaring to Donald Trump, “you are a crude yokel, you don’t scare us.”
- Organizers said the meeting drew more than 1,500 people, with French, LFI, NPA and Palestine flags visible in the audience.
- Mélenchon mocked rival left lists for predicting LFI would not reach 10% and accused them of believing their own propaganda.
- LFI deputy François Piquemal, 41, launched his first bid for the Capitole, urging an end to 14 years of right‑leaning rule under incumbent Jean‑Luc Moudenc.