Foreign Policy: Who Is Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the Man Now Surging in French Polls?

Náš zástupce ředitele Martin Michelot pro Foreign Policy komentoval vzestup radikálně levicového Jean-Luc Mélenchona ve francouzských prezidentských volbách.

Mélenchon, age 65, is seen as a survivor of the “true spirit of socialism” by some and “the last Communist dinosaur of France” by others.

Michelot thinks that Mélenchon mania is sweeping France now in part because the charismatic speaker shined at the debates where he openly told Le Pen what many wanted to hear — “that she has no business being here, that’s she’s scaring people unnecessarily” and that “she’s a corrupt politician who’s part of the system.”

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