Ugh Mélenchon needs to f**k off. What a piece of sh*t. I'd honestly vote for the LREM guy over him in that constituency if that's the choice.
Really? Given that Macron's cabinet makes it look like he intends to govern as a more socially liberal version of LR, I would have thought it was crucial to put as many left-wingers in parliament as remotely possible.
The French left will never be able to rebuild as long as Mélenchon has any influence within it, because all Mélenchon wants is to destroy any left-wing force that isn't his own personality cult. He doesn't care about actually changing people's lives. He's happy to stay in the opposition forever, as long as it gives him the role of a hero. He's a self-serving megalomaniac clown and the left-wing opposition to FBM deserves better.
Sounds more like Corbyn. Melenchon actually came within a hair's breadth of the runoff, had Hamon dropped out, it would've happened. Do you have any other beef with Melenchon besides his supposed opposition fetishism?
His entire strategy has been to direct all his efforts against the PS and other left-wing parties. Someone who does that has no interest in building a force that can actually win elections and enact meaningful changes. Oh, sure, maybe some day he will be President at the rates things are going these days, but that doesn't mean he'll be able to win a majority, or do much good with it if it's not made entirely of yes-men.
That is exactly what any sane guy would do. If I were Melenchon, I would do the same & you would do it. He needs to grow his party so that it becomes the largest left party & for that most of his voters will come from the PS & for that he has to go hard after the PS. After he becomes the de facto left leader, he should try & enlarge the coalition & shouldn't mind aligning or even supporting PS in odd cases. That is how you grow - Any business or a political party ! Common sense !
I am not supporting Melenchon here, his economic agenda is too far left, he is probably a shade better than Macron (who will govern center-right in economics) but this is how the world words. My personal preference is the PS & Hamon, but Hollande has left PS in the verge of ruin. I hope Hamon rebuilds the party, he is a good politician & a decent person & more preferable to Melenchon!
