Overview
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Known For
Dissolution, histoire d'un séisme politique
Misunderstood by the French, Emmanuel Macron’s dissolution of the National...
Législatives 2024 : chronique d'une folle campagne
On June 9, 2024, in a shocking move, the French...
Ultra-right and Neo-Nazi Groups: The New Terrorist Threat
In Europe, a new generation of neo-Nazis is radicalizing and...
Laïcité, 30 ans de fracture à gauche
With archival footage from INA commented on by political figures,...
Biography
Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon (born 19 August 1951) is a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly for the 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2017 to 2022. He led the La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2021. Mélenchon has run three times in elections for president of France; in 2012 and 2017, and a strong third in the 2022 election, where he narrowly missed continuing on to the second round in France's two-round voting system.