Melenchon's Unlikely Path to Power Runs Through Le Pen

Melenchon's Unlikely Path to Power Runs Through Le Pen
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From a distant fifth place a month ago, Mélenchon's strong debate performances and his appeal from outside the traditional political mainstream have catapulted him well beyond former education minister Benoît Hamon, the social democratic candidate of the Parti socialiste (PS, Socialist Party) — and in some polls, even leading former prime minister François Fillon, the center-right and scandal-dogged candidate of Les Républicains.

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