Jean-Luc Melenchon, the hard-left French presidential hopeful, will pledge to raise the minimum wage and restore the country’s retirement age to 60 when he launches his 2027 election programme on Saturday.

  • Changaco@jlai.lu
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    2 days ago

    Greece wasn’t given “hundreds of billions” and wasn’t at risk of becoming a failed state.

    Don’t claim to speak for the EU. You don’t represent anyone but yourself.

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      15 hours ago

      They couldn’t afford to pay nurses and doctors and firefighters and police and social benefits and all the other things a functioning state would do. That’s the definition of a failed state. They recovered because we are so generous. You don’t speak for the EU either. You speak for yourself.