Why Mitterrand by no means wished to nominate Mélenchon Minister | EUROtoday

“MArch your way, sir! “And if this well-known phrase, launched to Jean-Luc Mélenchon by François Mitterrand shortly after coming into the Élysée Palace, was not an encouragement, however a warning:” You will never count among mine “! Because in fourteen years of presidency, Mitterrand won’t ever intervene together with his Prime Ministers in order that they might enter the federal government the Trotskyist who has change into his admirer. The latter will solely change into a minister (delegate for vocational schooling) solely within the authorities of cohabitation led by Lionel Jospin, underneath the chairmanship of Jacques Chirac.