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'It's huge what we've done', says Jean-Luc Melenchon, referring to the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) coalition sealed in May, at the "Fete de l'Humanite" music festival near Paris. The leader of the leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party is making his return at this festival after several years of absence, particularly because of strained relations with the Communist Party. SOUNDBITE
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France's left-wing alliance 'Nupes' (New Popular Social and Ecological Union, Eds.), votes in Marseille during the second round of the parliamentary elections. IMAGES
Hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader the freshly-formed New Ecological and Social Popular Union (NUPES), votes in Marseille in the first round of the French parliamentary elections, as the left seeks to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. IMAGES
France's far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, who scored a close third-place finish in the first-round vote, casts his ballot in Marseille for the secound round of the presidential election. IMAGES
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, candidate for the hard-left La France Insoumise party, casts his ballot in the port city of Marseille during the first round of France's presidential elections. Polls opened in mainland France at 0600 GMT after an unusual campaign overshadowed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine that analysts warned could lead to unpredictable outcomes with turnout a major factor. IMAGES
"I propose that France no longer be NATO's wagon," says the candidate of La France insoumise (LFI) in the French presidential election, Jean-Luc Melenchon, referring to the crisis in Ukraine during a meeting in Montpellier, adding that France should be "non-aligned", "sovereign" and "free". SOUNDBITE