Raphaël Glucksmann believes that Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who joked concerning the pronunciation of his identify, is enjoying with “the worst codes of the extreme right” and “anti-Semitism” | EUROtoday

The co-founder of Place publique and MEP Raphaël Glucksmann estimated, Monday March 2, that Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who joked the day earlier than concerning the pronunciation of his final identify, was “become the Jean-Marie Le Pen of our time” and performed “with the worst codes of the extreme right” and of “anti-Semitism”.

During a gathering in Perpignan, the chief of La France insoumise stated: “Mr. Glucksman and I don’t know who else, sorry Glucksmann…, then I’ll have hours”. In the primary reference to the identify of the MEP, Jean-Luc Mélenchon pronounces “Glucksman” and the second time, when he recovers himself, he pronounces “Glucksmane”.

“We don’t play (…) on Jewish-sounding or foreign-sounding names. This is not the tradition of the Republic”replied Raphaël Glucksmann, Monday on franceinfo. “By doing this, he excludes himself from the left and the Republic” And “confirms for all to see that he has become the Jean-Marie Le Pen of our time”he added. “He has become this mixture of troublemaker and clown who plays with the worst codes of the French extreme right and anti-Semitism”stated the MEP. “It flatters the worst instincts in society”he insisted, reaffirming that an electoral alliance with LFI was now unimaginable.

Mélenchon defends himself towards any anti-Semitism

Jean-Luc Mélenchon has been accused of anti-Semitism in current days for having made enjoyable of the Jewish-sounding identify of Jeffrey Epstein, questioning whether or not the pronunciation “Epstine” [èpstine] was not supposed to Russify it. In this case, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is mistaken: in Russian, Epstein is written Эпштейн and is pronounced “èpchtéïne”. The “rebellious” chief was thus accused of getting enjoyable with the pronunciation of Jewish names, but additionally of implying the existence of a plot geared toward hiding the Jewish origin of the American little one molester.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founding father of the National Front, aroused indignation with a play on phrases that remained well-known, “Durafour crematory”, associating in 1988 the identify of Minister Michel Durafour with the Nazi demise camps. He had been convicted by the courts.

During his assembly on Sunday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon defended himself from any anti-Semitism and affirmed that his celebration fights “anti-Jewish racism”.