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Jean-Luc Melenchon

Activist of the far-right identitarian movement 'Ligue du Midi' Olivier Roudier shouts in a megaphone in Montpellier, southern France, on February 15, 2026, during a rally after the fatal beating of a 23-year-old. (Sylvain THOMAS / AFP)
February 15, 2026, 9:57 pm
French justice minister blames ‘ultra-left’ for youth’s killing that shocked France
Quentin Deranque, aligned with far right, died from wounds after beaten Thursday while guarding protest of lawmaker from left-wing France Unbowed; party leader voices ‘shock,’ denies blame
By AFP
Far-left La France Insoumise - LFI - (France Unbowed) founder Jean-Luc Melenchon, right, clenches his fist with other party members after the second round of the legislative elections Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
July 8, 2024, 8:56 am
French Jews wary of far left’s election gains amid surging antisemitism
Socialist Jean-Luc Mélenchon has vowed to recognize a Palestinian state; 92% of French Jews say his party has contributed to rising antisemitism
By JTA and ToI Staff
People wave French national tricolors as fireworks light up the sky during an election night rally following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at Place de la Republique in Paris on July 7, 2024. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
July 8, 2024, 2:46 am
Macron faces hung parliament after surprise left-wing victory in French elections
Voters deliver major setback for Le Pen’s National Rally party, which opinion polls had predicted would win second-round ballot but is now projected to end up in third spot
By Reuters
France's President Emmanuel Macron leaves the polling station after voting for the first round of parliamentary elections in Le Touquet, northern France on June 30, 2024. (Ludovic Marin / AFP)
July 1, 2024, 5:03 pm
Macron’s implicit endorsement of ‘antisemitic,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ far left shocks French Jews
Defeats for French president’s party in the first round of the parliamentary elections prompt a controversial alliance against the far right – and, potentially, Jewish emigration
By Canaan Lidor
French nationals vote at the Lycée Français de Los Angeles during the first round of French legislative elections, in Los Angeles, on June 29, 2024. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP)
June 30, 2024, 5:24 am
France votes in fateful election that could catapult far right to power
First round Sunday to be followed by second round on July 7, with President Macron likely to soon have to deal with a prime minister pushing in a very different direction
By Johnny Cotton
This combination of photographs created on June 16, 2024, shows French far-right party National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen (L) in Paris on October 20, 2021 and Jean-Luc Melenchon (R), candidate of the French left coalition New Popular Front for France's elections for the National Assembly, in Paris on January 24, 2017. (JOEL SAGET / AFP)
June 29, 2024, 4:40 pm
In snap election, many French Jews reluctantly endorse far right over dreaded far left
As Macron sends voters to the polls on Sunday, unprecedented levels of antisemitism after October 7 have prominent Jews reluctantly backing a party founded by a Holocaust denier
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: Protesters hoist a banner reading 'Antisemitism is not a campaign promise,' at the entrance to a press conference where leftist French leaders announced they were forming an alliance called the New Popular Front, in Paris, France, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
June 26, 2024, 8:46 pm
‘Caught between plague and cholera’: French Jews wary as extremes set to win votes
Snap election called by Macron sees center lag as far-right, left parties tainted by antisemitism expect parliament gains, amid soaring Jew-hatred post-Oct. 7
By Elizabeth Pineau
Protesters hold placards decrying antisemitism as they gather to condemn the antisemitic gang rape of a 12-year-old girl, during a rally in Lyon, France, June 19, 2024. (Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP)
June 20, 2024, 5:50 pm
As far right and hard left vie for votes, French Jews seek least antisemitic party
Despite attempts to win community over, Le Pen’s RN is seen as main danger to Jews by left-wing organizations, though rival’s anti-Israel leanings complicate choice for many
By Claire Gallen
Protesters hold posters of the Palestinian flag as they demonstrate near the entrance of the Institute of Political Studies, Sciences Po Paris, occupied by students, in Paris, France on April 26, 2024. (Julien De Rosa / AFP)
May 5, 2024, 2:10 pm
‘Good Jews oppose Zionism’: French Jewish students say campus no longer a safe space
Post-October 7 anti-Israel agitation and the antisemitism it unleashed are pushing promising candidates away from French schools. Last week’s protests may be the tipping point
By Canaan Lidor
President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet speaks to Israelis at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on October 22, 2023 (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
October 23, 2023, 3:03 pm
French assembly speaker: Hard-left leader ‘put target on my back’ for Israel visit
Yael Braun-Pivet says Jean-Luc Melenchon used antisemitic Holocaust imagery in criticism of her solidarity trip in the wake of the devastating Hamas assault
By Agencies
Podemos party leader Pablo Iglesias arrives at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, January 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
August 8, 2023, 4:34 pm
Europe’s far-left is normalizing antisemitism, report co-authored by ADL warns
Eclipsed by neo-Nazi hostility, radicals on the other side of the political divide are bringing Jew hatred mainstream, the US group and four European partners say
By Canaan Lidor
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen addresses reporters June 20, 2022, in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. (AP Photo)
June 20, 2022, 4:50 pm
Le Pen hails huge gains in French parliament as a ‘seismic event’
Election outcome, which saw strong performances from far-right National Rally and Melenchon’s left-wing coalition, will make it harder for President Macron to implement his agenda
By AP
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) looks on as he leaves after casting his vote in the second stage of French parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on June 19, 2022. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
June 19, 2022, 10:48 pm
In blow to Macron, French president’s party projected to lose parliamentary majority
Newly reelected president expected to struggle to secure promised tax cuts and welfare reform after election gains by left-wing Melenchon and far-right Le Pen
By Stuart Williams and Adam PLOWRIGHT
Voters make their choice in a voting booth in a voting station of Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris, June 19, 2022 (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
June 19, 2022, 1:06 pm
France goes to the polls again for vote that determines direction of Macron’s term
Voters are selecting the 577 members of the National Assembly; a strong showing from Jean-Luc Melenchon’s coalition could turn French president into a shackled second-term leader
By Thomas Adamson
France's President Emmanuel Macron leaves the voting booth after voting in the first round of French parliamentary election at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France, June 12, 2022. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
June 12, 2022, 11:34 pm
As France votes, projections see Macron’s centrists holding slim majority at best
Less than half of France’s 48.7 million voters turn out to cast ballots in parliamentary elections; far-right Le Pen expected to gain seats
By Sylvie Corbet
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