Controversies Jean-Luc Mélenchon

after german chancellor angela merkel, in december 2014, described reform efforts far in france , italy insufficient , mélenchon told merkel through twitter: shut mouth, mrs. merkel! france free. jean-luc mélenchon, however, denies being prejudiced against germans, , claims have founded party hand in hand oskar lafontaine. after referendum on greek sovereign debt crisis in july 2015, said right-wing german government responsible aggravation of crisis.

commenting guardian in april 2017, natalie nougayrède, former executive editor , managing editor of le monde, noted:

in 2015 book bismarck’s herring (the german poison), mélenchon wrote that, germany again danger , imperialism returning , , eu new empire . s described germans grumbling teutons seek deport old people eastern europe or thailand. , s written german expansionism @ work in country s 1990 reunification – annexation of east germany, in words. that, in itself, no small rewriting of history, , no small denial of people s freely expressed after fall of communism. criticism of angela merkel s eurozone policies goes far beyond economic. peddles nationalistic, if not bigoted, hatreds. may have tried soften impression saying wants peoples of europe revolt against governments – , not start fight among themselves. has hardly backtracked on of earlier statements. of echoes , amplifies le pen s rhetoric, rather helping combat it.

interactions media

jean-luc mélenchon rough media, , has before asked party members monitor , film journalists, le monde , libération lilian alamgna of libération writes, if media opponents, can use them message across.

jean-luc mélenchon has insulted numerous journalists: has labelled renaud revel of l express dirty little spy , , labelled newspaper fascist . accused le monde journalists of being cia spies. when questioned on if win without benoit hamon france 5 reporter, told member of team throw him out, , called him asshole .