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[–] 4 points 6 hours ago

The French government (specifically the conseil d'État) has stated that neither Mélenchon nor his party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) are far-left. Their stated goals for governing are comparable to Mitterand or FDR - social democrats.

It's this kind of framing by press that maintains the kind of hostility towards the press that OP has noted in a sibling comment.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 hours ago

    In that case Lepen has a free ticket to the presidency

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 5 points 6 hours ago

    Those are some ... choice excerpts. They don't describe the level of bashing and aggrieved hostility he has received from the mainstream press for the past ten years (which has coincidentally been billionaire-owned for most of this time period), nor how his campaign promises are aligned with Bernie sanders and zorahn mamdani and light-years away from trump.

    Temperament-wise, he is definitely not a sanders or mamdani, that's for sure. More of a firebrand than the lying conman that Trump is, in my opinion.

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