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Jean-Luc Mélenchon
January 7, 2019
Alexander Hurst
The Ugly, Illiberal, Anti-Semitic Heart of the Yellow Vest Movement
The protests have combined legitimate economic grievances with the worst of far-right politics. And the French left has been happy to go along.
April 24, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Centrism didn’t save France.
April 18, 2017
Harrison Stetler
The Rise of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and France’s “Post-Democracy”
The new face of French populism has upended its presidential race—and perhaps the country’s future.
December 23, 2016
Harrison Stetler
Is There Any Hope for France’s Left?
As the far-right surges, the contradictions on the left may prove to be irreconcilable.
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