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Mélenchon Threatens to Smother Moderate Rivals with Early French Presidential Bid

Summary by Politico Europe
The 74-year-old is betting on first-mover advantage to separate himself from the rest of the French left.

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Before the meeting of the supporters of a primary on the left Tuesday night, the leader of La France insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, had declared his candidacy, and opponents of this primary had gathered in Dunkirk. The demonstration of a difficult disunity to hide "All together, all together, unity!" An appeal launched by the several hundred activists – more than 1000, says the deputy Danielle Simonnet on stage – who were gathered this Tuesday e…

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The supporters of a primary on the left in view of the next presidential meeting in Bellevilloise on Tuesday night.

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This Tuesday evening, in Paris, the supporters of this initiative tried to revive it, despite the divisions of the left and the candidacy of Jean-Luc Mélenchon for the presidential election.

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Mélenchon, great irreplaceable "I repeat: I wish to be replaced. François Ruffin, Mathilde Panot and Manuel Bompard are working successfully there." This sentence of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, dated 2024, was definitely badly aged. On Sunday 3 May, the three-time presidential candidate announced, at 20 hours of TF1, that he would be on the starting line in 2027 for a fourth try. "Like Jacques Chirac," he specified to cut short the jokes about his desir…

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On Sunday, May 3, the leader of La France Insoumise officially announced his candidacy for the 2027 presidential election. However, as the left-leaning German newspaper "Die Tageszeitung" observes, while Jean-Luc Mélenchon is well-positioned for the first round, he appears to have no chance of winning the second. Source link: https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/vu-d-allemagne-la-candidature-de-jean-luc-melenchon-met-fin-au-reve-d-une-g…

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Le Figaro broke the news in Paris, France on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
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