Jean-Luc Mélenchon greets "tens of thousands of people calmly mobilized" for the demonstrations of October 17, Jordan Bardella denounces "the professionals of chaos"

Two visions of mobilization. While dozens of processions and thousands of people demonstrate across France on Saturday October 17, political leaders are showing their divisions. On the left, several elected officials from La France insoumise welcomed the turnout in the demonstrations, with "tens of thousands of people calmly mobilized", according to Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The presidential candidate also attacked, on X, the “images of violence” broadcast on “the news channels”.

The boss of the Ecologists and presidential candidate Marine Tondelier, for her part, called on the government to “review” its doctrine of maintaining order, which endangers “protesters and police”. "I'm fed up with the doctrine of maintaining order in this country. We need to review it and quickly, because it ends up being an attack on public freedoms. And what's more, it puts everyone in danger, the demonstrators and the police," declared Marine Tondelier from the rally at the Place de la République in Paris.

“The France of work”

On the far right, the president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, estimated on “As always, the extreme left of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who advocates disorder, is the best ally of the Macronists in discrediting any social demands,” accused the far-right leader.

The National Rally presidential candidate Marine Le Pen deplored, for her part, that "the legitimate social demands" of the demonstrators of October 17 had "once again been taken hostage by the extreme left", particularly targeting her LFI opponent Jean-Luc Mélenchon.