Forget Le Pen. French politics has a new archvillain

(Clea Caulcutt – Politico) Enter the bogeyman. French hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon is facing a torrent of criticism following the death of a far-right activist earlier this month in Lyon — and it’s threatening his party’s electoral ambitions. Mélenchon and his anticapitalist party France Unbowed have stressed that their movement is nonviolent and pushed back against allegations that they were responsible for the fight that ended with the killing of 23-year-old Quentin Deranque. – Forget Le Pen. French politics has a new archvillain. – POLITICO