The electoral campaign continues to be in full swing on television. Eric Zemmour inaugurated, yesterday, Wednesday, February 9, the BFMTV program, France in the eyes. This time it was the turn of Jean-Luc Melenchon to participate in the new version d’Elysee 2022. To discuss issues of health, the environment, culture, international politics or purchasing power, the leader of France Insoumise answered questions from several figures from France Télévisions, but he was also subject to those of the French. Anne-Sophie Lapix, Maryse Burgot, Claire Chazal, Patrick Cohen, Maya Lauque and Hugo Clément have thus questioned, in turn, the candidate on these different issues.
The exchanges are tense between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Anne-Sophie Lapix
Jean-Luc Melenchon first spoke with Anne-Sophie Lapix about the health crisis. And the exchanges tensed between the politician and the presenter of the JT of 20 hours of France 2, at the time of evoking the health situation in the Antilles, which was tense at the height of the fifth wave, there is a few weeks. “I don’t know what you’re accusing me of tonight. You said to me: ‘You took the risk of killing people’. This sentence, I know it, he reacted. “Not to kill people. In any case, not to encourage them to go and get vaccinated. Only 42% of Guadeloupeans are vaccinated, over the age of 12, whereas in France as a whole, it is is 92%”, replied the journalist. A remark that visibly annoyed the politician. “So I had to go and tell them: ‘Madame Lapix told me to tell you it’s not right, children. You don’t know what you’re doing?'”, he then caricatured. Before concluding : “Look, lady, that’s not how it’s done. Do your job, I’ll do mine!”
An unexpected appearance of the leader of France Insoumise in It’s up to you
On the set of It’s up to you, Jean-Luc Mélenchon had displayed a more relaxed face before the start of the program in a rather unusual sequence. “Come on, come on, get to work!”he had launched, landing during a duplex, to the great surprise of Léa Salamé and Laurent Guimier, the two moderators of the evening. “It starts well, there is a good atmosphere, here we are!“, had concluded the accomplice of Laurent Ruquier, very amused by this unexpected intervention.