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This front page from Mediapart highlights domestic French political news, focusing on Jean-Luc Mélenchon's presidential campaign and social mobilizations. International news includes developments in Israel and a shooting in Poland, as well as an analysis of Yemen.

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Mélenchon at Le Bourget demands radicalism for victory ↗

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Four months after his launch meeting, the candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon gathered 20,000 people in Le Bourget, urging the left to unite around him to defeat the far-right, while insisting on the radical nature of his program.

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