Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Jean-Luc Mélenchon    (politician)
Born	19 August 1951 Tangier, Tangier International Zone, Morocco
Nationality	French
Alma mater	University of Franche-Comté
Member of	Freemasonry/Grand Orient de France
Party	Socialist Party (France) 1976-2008, La France Insoumise
French politician and three times presidential candidate.  Member of the National Assembly In office 21 June 2017 - 21 June 2022  Member of the European Parliament In office 14 July 2009 - 18 June 2017 Preceded by Giulietto Chiesa, Vasco Graça Moura, Margaritis Schinas  Member of the French Senate In office 1 October 2004 - 7 January 2010  Member of the French Senate In office 2 October 1986 - 27 April 2000

Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon is a French politician. He has run for president of France three times (in 2012, 2017, and 2022).

 

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Jean Bricmont	“We often hear that the left-right opposition is outdated or no longer makes sense. But the problem is worse: on many issues, the left-right opposition has reversed itself, the left adopting positions that were those of the right or the far-right in the past and part of the right doing the opposite. Let's start with the question of peace and war. Since the wars have become "humanitarian", it is the left, including the bulk of the "radical" left, which supports them. When a perfectly orchestrated coup takes place in Ukraine, we celebrate the victory of democracy. In Syria, until recently, support, at least verbal, for the "rebels" was not debated in the left. During the bombings on Libya, Mélenchon argued that it was necessary to prevent the "tyrant" Gaddafi from killing the revolution. We realized a little late that the opponents of the said tyrant, like the bulk of the rebels in Syria, were also our opponents, that is to say fanatical Islamists. But the classical left, at least in its radical part, but sometimes also in a certain part of social democracy, was opposed to imperial policies, interference and American hegemony, especially during the Vietnam War. Today, the simple fact of defending the principle of national sovereignty passes for being far-right.”	Jean Bricmont	January 2017

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