He has recently been widely criticized for his attitude in the Quatennens affair which is shaking France Insoumise. Jean-Luc Mélenchon will be one of the guests of Léa Salamé’s new show, Saturday evening on France 2, the channel said on Wednesday. Broadcast on Saturday from 11:10 p.m., the first issue of this talk show entitled “What a time! will be recorded on Friday.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon has not yet publicly responded to the criticisms which targeted him for his reaction after the deputy Adrien Quatennens, figure of LFI, admitted domestic violence. At first, the leader of LFI had denounced in a tweet last Sunday “police malice, media voyeurism, social networks”, welcoming on the other hand the “dignity” and the “courage” of Adrien Quatennens.
Embarrassment of party MPs
He then tried to correct the situation in a second tweet: “A slap is unacceptable in any case. Adrian accepts it. It’s good”. Asked about Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Tuesday, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, considered “extremely shocking to have someone who trivializes intra-family violence”.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s reaction was controversial even within La France insoumise and caused the embarrassment of the party’s deputies, questioned Tuesday at a press conference on the words of their leader.