The Left-Wing Critic of Jean-Luc Mélenchon

The Left-Wing Critic of Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Not long after François Ruffin was elected to the French parliament, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the charismatic leader of the far-left party La France Insoumise (Unbowed France), asked him where he would spend the national holiday. Ruffin, a member of Mélenchon’s party, replied that he would be in Abbeville, a small northern industrial town in the district he represents. Mélenchon advised him otherwise: “You should come to Paris. It’s great, you get to…