Polls Increasingly Point to a Le Pen–Mélenchon Runoff in France
France's left-wing party La France insoumise says the polls strengthen the prospect of a second round between Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Politico Europe journalists discuss the scenario in a podcast.
La France insoumise, a left-wing French party, has welcomed Donald Trump's setback in the US midterm elections, saying it sees an opportunity to "push back the far right". The party's reading of events in America is not a coincidence, as the prospect of a second-round contest in France between far-right leader Marine Le Pen and La France insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon looks more and more likely, poll after poll.
What the podcast discusses
The topic is examined in the latest episode of Politico Europe's "Playbook Paris" podcast. Anthony Lattier talks it through with Victor Goury-Laffont, a POLITICO journalist, and Marcelo Wesfreid, the deputy editor.
The discussion tries to answer several questions:
- why supporters of La France insoumise feel more confident about their prospects;
- whether they have good reason to believe in success;
- whether this situation forces candidates on the right and in the centre to rethink their strategy.
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