French hard-left politician Melenchon to stand in 2027 presidential election
French hard-left politician Melenchon to stand in 2027 presidential election
ReutersSun, May 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM UTC
0
Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of French far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI), delivers a speech during a campaign rally to support the list "Etre Bondy" for the upcoming mayoral election in Bondy near Paris, France, March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor
PARIS, May 3 (Reuters) - Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leading figure in the hard-left France Unbowed (La France Insoumise) political party, will stand in next year's presidential election, he said on Sunday.
"Yes, I am a candidate," Melenchon told TF1 TV.
Advertisement
Melenchon, 74, has been a fixture of the French left for decades, holding ministerial posts in past governments when he was a Socialist Party member. He ran for president in 2012, 2017 and 2022, coming third that year behind far-right leader Marine Le Pen and French President Emmanuel Macron.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Nicolas Delame)
Source: “AOL Breaking”
