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28 potential candidates emerge nearly six months ahead of France’s presidential election

For a candidacy to be approved, it must be backed by 500 signatures from elected officials in France, while the Constitutional Council will announce the final list on 26 March

Withdrawal from NATO included in Mélenchon’s “France Unbowed” party program

This is a position that the party leader, who is running for president in 2027, has also stated publicly

French Presidential Election: Le Pen vs. Mélenchon in the Runoff, poll suggests, with right at 36%

Ifop poll shows Le Pen in the lead and Mélenchon in second place with 18%, ahead of the 2027 presidential election

Le Pen and Mélenchon gain momentum ahead of France’s Presidential election

Their polling figures were calculated based on scenarios in which they face a centrist candidate, either Édouard Philippe or Gabriel Attal

France: Le Pen and Melenchon set to reach Presidential run-off, new poll shows

Le Pen, who leads the National Rally (RN), appears to be securing between 35% and 36% in the first round

Le Pen and Melenchon on course for French presidential run-off as center ground sidelined

Recent poll findings point to growing political polarisation and the shrinking of the center ground after Emmanuel Macron’s second term

France: Le Pen’s conviction rallies the entire opposition with Bardella as the big winner

The political crisis in France intensifies after the conviction of Marine Le Pen - The leftist Mélenchon condemned as an undemocratic practice the deprivation of political rights of Marine Le Pen

France: Post-Election Bargains Begin Amid Uncertainty – National Assembly Split into Three

France Awakens to an Unprecedented Atmosphere with a Fragile Left-Wing Alliance, Without a Clear Majority