Far-Left Melenchon Rises Again as French Election Nears
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Far-left French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon is steadily climbing in polls in an election dominated so far by right-wing candidates.
An Ifop-Fiducial poll released on Monday gives Melenchon 14% of voting intentions in the first round on April 10, confirming a trend seen in other surveys, and placing him third after incumbent Emmanuel Macron and nationalist Marine Le Pen. He’s ahead of ultra-right polemicist Eric Zemmour and conservative candidate Valerie Pecresse. Macron is leading all polls.