France’s Melenchon to stand in 2027 presidential election

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. 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. The post France’s Melenchon to stand in 2027 presidential election appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.