The leftist leader and former French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon has urged President Emmanuel Macron to "cede" to the current social mobilizations, warning that if he does not, "he will have no choice but to resign."
Mélenchon has emphasized that "he still has time to cede" to the demands of high school students, the initial focus of the protests, since "after that, he will have no choice but to resign," according to what he stated from the march taking place this Saturday in Paris.
The leading figure of La France Insoumise has praised the "magnificent massive response, characterized by collective discipline and self-control" following the incidents recorded last Saturday.
He described the day as "a very beautiful moment in the history of the popular movements of our country (...). This will be repeated every week," and warned that "they have a general strike looming over them," referring to the strike called for next November 5. "Either Mr. Macron cedes immediately, or he will be forced to do so under much riskier circumstances," he alerted.
At the same time, Mélenchon has lashed out at the decisions of the authorities, including the restriction of the right to protest and the modification of the protest route in the French capital.
As he has denounced, "the power" gathers "the conditions for disorder": "Everything is there to provoke an explosion," he proposed. "Do not waste our time any longer, cease the provocations like today's, which is despicable," he emphasized.
The leftist leader has finally appealed to the "popular sentiment" and to "the necessary discipline for everything to go well," insisting that the mobilization must remain firm but controlled.