Tension rises between the PCF and the Insoumis in Marseille
At the time of the presidential election, Marseille illustrates the tensions, real at the national level, between the campaigns of Fabien Roussel and Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Just reappointed to the head of the powerful European Commission for Regional Development, the rebellious MEP Younous Omarjee arrived in Marseilles on Monday morning, shortly followed by all the deputies of his group in the European Parliament. At the time of the French presidency, it is in the second city of France that the Insoumis decided to organize the traditional “study daysof their European group. A not insignificant choice as Marseille carries a heavy political burden these days. It is one of the symbols of the heartbreaks of right-wing cities, the city chosen by Emmanuel Macron to make it the symbol of his end of quinquennium, the one also which illustrates a possible fruitful union of the left and environmentalists.
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Within this left, the Marseille Spring, instrument of victory in the municipal elections is still a positive poster. It mixes socialists, ecologists and communists. But the Insoumis never associated themselves with it, by refusing to work with…