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Mélenchon: Left Wing Populism à La Française?
Until just weeks ago, the French presidential election looked set to be a runoff between far right candidate Marine Le Pen and the centrist Emmanuel Macron. But with his movement snowballing in the opinion polls, left wing challenger Jean-Luc Mélenchon stands in striking distance of the second round.