US EditionFrench hard-left politician Melenchon to stand in 2027 presidential election
The hard-left leader says the race is wide open as Emmanuel Macron is term-limited and Marine Le Pen faces a possible ban.
- On Sunday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon announced he will stand in the 2027 presidential election, marking the 74-year-old politician's fourth consecutive bid for the French presidency.
- With French President Emmanuel Macron barred by constitutional term limits and Marine Le Pen challenging a political ban, the 2027 race remains wide open for new leadership.
- Mélenchon has consistently grown his vote share, securing 22 percent in 2022 and finishing just 1.2 percentage points behind Le Pen in that campaign.
- Leading the France Unbowed party, Mélenchon advocates for higher taxes on the rich and environmental regulations while characterizing the conflict in Gaza as a genocide.
- France has experienced several governments and prime ministers over the past two years without securing a stable parliamentary majority, creating uncertainty ahead of the 2027 election.
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With his candidacy, Mélenchon claims the leadership role in the left camp. However, a new alliance like 2024 does not emerge.
The leader of the French radical left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, announced on Sunday night his candidacy for the presidential election of 2027.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of France's radical left, has confirmed that he will run for president again next spring, saying it is urgent for the country to oppose the war he says is being waged by the US and Israel in the Middle East, the Guardian writes.
French Far-Left Leader To Run Again for Presidency
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France’s far-left La France Insoumise party (LFI), confirmed on Sunday that he would make another run for the presidency in 2027–his fourth bid for the top job. Speaking to the French television channel TF1, the 74-year-old veteran politician called for a common front with Spain against “the war being waged by the U.S. and Israel in the Middle East.” He said “We are threatened by a widespread war, we are threatened …
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INTELLINEWSJean-Luc Mélenchon will compete for the fourth time in 2027. The head of the left-wing party sees the right-wing national race assembly National as the main opponent - but there is also a threat of competition from the left-wing camp.
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