Search
The New York Sun
Foreign

French Greens, Far-Left Forge Anti-Macron Alliance

Mélenchon’s third-place finish in April with 22 percent of the vote in the first round of voting gave him leverage in trying to rally other parties on the left behind him for the legislative vote.

The French far-left party leader, Jean-Luc Melenchon, at Paris on May 1, 2022.
The French far-left party leader, Jean-Luc Melenchon, at Paris on May 1, 2022. AP/Lewis Joly