
Insoumise France makes its show of force in the Paris region before the presidential election
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The presidential campaign takes place six months before the election. La France insoumise organizes regional meetings and publishes its presidential program, L'Avenir en commun, with 1,069 proposals. Edouard Philippe takes part in the Rencontres de l’Avenir in Saint-Raphaël.
For the release of his program, Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants to make a new demonstration of force. After Clermont-Ferrand last month and before Le Havre next month, La France insoumise is returning this weekend to the Paris region, where it is most established, with this meeting at the Bourget exhibition center, in Seine-Saint-Denis. On Friday, 17,000 activists were registered for this event, up to 20,000 people are ultimately expected. This event follows the release in bookstores, the day before, of the presidential program of Les Insoumis, the new version of L'Avenir en commune, with 1,069 proposals. Follow our live stream.
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