Mélenchon

Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left France Unbowed (La France Insoumise or LFI) party, which came in third in the first round of the 2022 presidential election, has had 17 MPs in the National Assembly since the 2017 …

Issued on: 03/06/2022 - 12:09 France's rejuvenated left-wing parties appear to be gaining ground on President Emmanuel Macron's centrist allies ahead of parliamentary…

Issued on: 02/05/2022 - 09:37Modified: 02/05/2022 - 09:39 LFI, the movement of far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, struck a deal with France's green EELV party, politicians …

The French presidential election results on April 26 gave Emmanuel Macron a comfortable victory – setting the stage for the “third round”, as many in France call the parliamentary polls scheduled for June 12 and 19. His…

Issued on: 25/04/2022 - 09:39 Within hours of polls closing in the second round of the French presidential election, the runners-up set their sights on the “third round”:…

French far-leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Sunday fell just short of advancing to the presidential run-off, leaving far-right flagbearer Marine Le Pen to challenge Emmanuel Macron again for France's top job. But among…

In the space of a decade, Jean-Luc Mélenchon bounced back from a lifetime on the fringes of the Socialist Party to become the dominant force in France’s post-Socialist left. As voters head to the polls on Sunday, he is…

Issued on: 05/04/2022 - 16:21 Five days before the French presidential election's first round, far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is multiplying his efforts – and, in a…

Rising in the polls, the French election’s dark horse Jean-Luc Mélenchon has promised a reboot of the French Republic, vowing to overhaul a presidential regime that he blames for mounting abstention, disillusion and…

Issued on: 21/03/2022 - 08:29 Three weeks before France’s presidential election, far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Sunday rallied tens of thousands of supporters on the…