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Mélenchon Proposes to Change the Name of the French Language: "If Anyone Could Find Another Name, It Would Be Welcome"

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Invited to a conference on the Francophonie, Jean-Luc Mélenchon evoked the idea of giving another name to the French language, since it is spoken by millions of people outside France. ...

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Part of the extreme right-wing press and Gérald Darmanin rushed to a sentence spoken by the unsubstantiated leader at a conference on the Francophonie: "The French language is not the singular property of France."

·Paris, France
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Invited to a conference on the Francophonie, Jean-Luc Mélenchon evoked the idea of giving another name to the French language, since it is spoken by millions of people outside France. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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The Keeper of the Seals has contributed to the polemic provoked by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Insoumis recently proposed to rename the French language, since it "no longer belongs to France and the French".

Jean-Luc Mélenchon was invited by MP Aurélien Taché to take part in a colloquium on the French language organized at the National Assembly on Wednesday 18 June. During this event, Jean-Luc Mélenchon gave a well-decided opinion on the French language. If anyone could find a word other than French to qualify our language, I do not hide from you that he or she would be welcome," he said. Edouard Philippe commented on the words of Jean-Luc Mélenchon…

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closermag.fr broke the news in on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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