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Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
Oh, pardon me, I meant to say Epstein, said Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Epstein sounds more Russian, no?
Condemnation and outrage from across the political spectrum was immediate.
Insinuating that the pronunciation of Jeffrey Epstein's name is being manipulated is a conspiracy theory with real anti-Semitic overtones, said the president of one of France's major Jewish groups.
In recent years, Mélenchon's rhetoric has alienated the mainstream left.
but this time he seems to have gone too far.
Eleanor Beardsley, Empire News, Paris.
Oh, pardon me, I meant to say Epstein, said Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Epstein sounds more Russian, no?
Condemnation and outrage from across the political spectrum was immediate.
Insinuating that the pronunciation of Jeffrey Epstein's name is being manipulated is a conspiracy theory with real anti-Semitic overtones, said the president of one of France's major Jewish groups.
In recent years, Mélenchon's rhetoric has alienated the mainstream left, but this time he seems to have gone too far.
The prominent left-wing newspaper Libération said, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, it's finished.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
President Emmanuel Macron accepted Laurence Descartes' resignation and called it an act of responsibility at a time when the world's largest museum needs calm.