Invited by Monday It’s Politics this Monday, May 18, Mathilde Panot (La France insoumise) estimated that Jean-Luc Mélenchon was to date the only left-wing candidate having “brings out a team capable of governing” et “a program” with a view to 2027. The president of the LFI group in the Assembly also estimated that the mobilization would benefit her political formation in the event of a second round duel with the RN.
A program and a team capable of governing. This is what the president of the La France insoumise group at the Assembly, Mathilde Panot, claimed this Monday evening, with a view to next year’s presidential election. “Jean-Luc Mélenchon is the only politician who has brought about not only a team capable of governing, but also a program“, she also argued, emphasizing the lack of identifiable personalities alongside François Ruffin orRaphaël Glucksmann.
Asked about the left-wing primary, which seems to be in trouble and to which the candidate of La France insoumise has always refused, Mathilde Panot estimated that “since we call this left non-Mélenchonist, hating La France insoumise does not make a program“.
On the second round of the presidential election and the hypothesis of a duel between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the candidate of the National Rally, the MP also showed herself confident. “If it’s really us against the far right, everyone will have to choose their side. In a country which in 2024, mobilized en masse to defeat the extreme right, I do not believe for a single second that two or three years later, it will be the extreme right which comes to power“, she also considered.
Fuel prices: “the first thing to do is peace”
On the increase in prices at the pump and the announcements from Sébastien Lecornu expected this week, Mathilde Panot reiterated the measure carried for several weeks by La France insoumise, namely the blocking of prices. More broadly, she considered that “the first thing to do to liberate the Strait of Hormuz is peace“, dénonçant “the illegal war started by Trump and Netanyahu“.
The MP also defended the principle of nationalization of part of TotalEnergies’ activity, not hesitating to describe the oil group as “war profiteer“. “In ten years, Total has given 100 billion to its shareholders. If Total had remained public, as was the case until 1993, this is part of the money that we would have had directly in the state coffers.“, argued Mathilde Panot.
France-Algeria relations: getting out of “a form of colonialism”
Regarding the state visit to Algeria by the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, Mathilde Panot hoped that this trip “turns the page on the disastrous and dangerous management of Bruno Retailleau“. Calling for his wishes “a respectful and peaceful relationship“, she considered cooperation possible on condition of “get out of a form of colonialism“. “France must recognize what happened in our country on October 17, 1961, when Algerians were drowned in the Seine“, she also insisted.
About the Franco-Algerian agreements criticized by the former Minister of the Interior, and which facilitate the granting of residence permitsthe president of the parliamentary group of La France insoumise estimated that they were “from a long history” and legitimate to continue. On the other hand, she described it as “priority diplomatique“obtaining the release of Christophe Gleizes, the journalist imprisoned for almost a year for having been in contact with a leader of the Kabyle independence movement.
