Paris, France - July 07, 2024

[Note: video contains French language]

The broad alliance is led by Jean-Luc Melenchon, a three-time presidential candidate (in 2012, 2017 and 2022, improving the results of each election over the previous one) and leader of the France Insoumise party. He has been joined by the Socialists, the Communists, the Greens, and Place Publique, led by the popular Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Raphael Glucksmann.

And the strategy seems to have worked. In the first round of elections the New Popular Front came second behind the far-right National Rally (RN) and ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's current majority party.

"We are now heading for an exceptionally intense second round. Will it exacerbate the worst of its divisions, those of social inequality, religion, skin colour, social or geographical origin, or will it unite as one people, dedicated to mutual aid and the common good, without preconditions? This is the choice for the second round: the New Popular Front (NPF) or the RN (National Rally)?" said Melenchon after the results of the first round.

"The New Popular Front is the only alternative," he added.

SHOTLIST:
1. Various of Jean-Luc Melenchon on 7 July 2024;
2. Various of Jean-Luc Melenchon on 4 July 2024;
3. Various Jean-Luc Melenchon 30 June 2024.