Political crises are always a test for political parties. While they may hide behind a veil of rhetoric and illusions in normal times, a crisis reveals their true colours. This applies in particular ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hours after he fell short of making it into the final phase of France’s presidential election, the veteran ...

MARSEILLE, France — Sitting in a café in Marseille, the firebrand leader of the left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, grimaced over a glass of strawberry milk as his supporters cheered him as the potential next ...

Although far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon took 21,95 % of the ballots in Sunday’s first round of the French presidential election, his third-place finish just behind Marine Le Pen means he ...

MARSEILLE, France — France’s newly created left-wing alliance is showing signs of strain ahead of the parliamentary election in June, as one of its candidates was forced to stand down this week over ...

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France Unbowed (LFI), tells supporters he is "so immensely relieved" as exit polls indicate a lead for his left-wing New Popular Front alliance. Many had expected the far ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At Paris Nanterre University, birthplace of France’s 1968 student revolution, Caroline Houtcheme spends her ...

A veteran firebrand of France's far left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has a strong chance of depriving President Emmanuel Macron of controlling the next government. He leads an alliance of far-left, left and ...

Leftist French leader Jean Luc Mélenchon has said France bears no responsibility for the actions of the pro-Nazi Vichy government during the Holocaust, according to Haaretz — echoing the remarks of ...

The veteran socialist has surged in the French presidential polls. But his politics arrive laden with unsavoury baggage that can’t easily be discarded With France’s presidential election on Sunday ...

With ten days to go before April 23’s first round vote, the colourful, cultured and cantankerous far-leftist has the frontrunners on the defensive. On some polls, Mélenchon has now bypassed embattled ...

Veteran leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon lost out on a place in France’s presidential election run-off, but his 7,714,574 votes have made him the strongest force on the Left. Where those votes go will ...