Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yulin 2017, Mélenchon ya ci gaba da cewa Jamhuriyar Faransa ba ta da laifi a cikin Holocaust, kuma ya soki Emmanuel Macron don yarda da wani taro a Paris don tunawa da Vel' d'Hiv Roundup
cewa Vichy Faransa ita ce gwamnatin Faransa ta doka a lokacin, don haka ta yarda da alhakin Faransa a cikin fitar da Yahudawa. Maganganun Mélenchon sun yi kama da na tsohon Shugaban Faransa Mitterrand wanda ya bayyana a 1994 cewa tarwatsawa da kuma fitar da yahudawa zuwa sansanonin kisan gilla a lokacin yakin shine aikin 'yan Nazi masu mamaye kasar da "Vichy Faransa", wani bangare na haramtacciyar doka daban da Faransa. "Haaretz" ta lura cewa Marine Le Pen ta yi tsokaci irin na Mélenchon watanni uku da suka gabata.