 During the examination of the 2017 Labor Law bill, he was remarked in the Assembly for his multiple interventions, defending the "statu quo" of Labor Code along with La France Insoumise, arguing that flexibilization would be harmful to workers.He had once more the media attention when he came in the Parliament with a five euros food shopping bag to denounce the cut of student grants planned by the government.Jean-Luc Mélenchon is a socialist republican and historical materialist, inspired primarily by Jean Jaurès (the founder of French republican socialism).