Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Olivier Faure found political common ground within Nupes during the legislative elections last June. By forming this union of the left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon could have found in Olivier Faure, in addition to a political ally, a true friend.
And if from a political agreement was born a beautiful friendship. Unexpected ? Not that much. Last April, it was far from the mysteries of power that Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Olivier Faure met to discuss the possibility of a common program for the legislative elections last June . Indeed, the two party leaders sealed the agreement concerning the Nupes in a bistro at the Gare de l'Est during a lunch which finally lasted an entire afternoon, revealed the Huffington Post in its columns of Saturday 2 July.
However, nothing seemed to predestine the two men to become the “best friends in the world”. Indeed, on June 21, Jean-Luc Mélenchon had recognized that they had “deeply ignored each other”, but that the differences had been overcome at the time of the formation of the Nupes . “Olivier Faure behaved like a leader. He knew where he was going”, had confided the boss of La France insoumise. For his part, the deputy of the 11th district of Seine-et-Marne confided that between them: “There was necessarily mutual distrust, common and distinct interests.” He also added about Jean-Luc Mélenchon having convinced him that there is “something to play together”.
From mistrust to trust
If the relationship between the two men was not born under the best auspices, the sequel to everything was love at first sight. Indeed, during a meeting in Caen, on June 8, the leader of La France insoumise had launched for Macronie: “With me and Faure, it’s the total!” A new friendship that could make people cringe on the right… as well as on the left . It remains to be seen whether, unlike many summer “romances”, this one will pass the difficult course of the start of the school year . The forthcoming debates should provide the beginning of an element of response.