Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Politics › French 2027 presidential elections: Why Melenchon is a...
Politics

French 2027 presidential elections: Why Melenchon is a Gen Z favourite

French 2027 presidential elections: Why Melenchon is a Gen Z favourite
France 24 Friday 06 November 2026, 11:43 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
Key Points

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Video contentVideo French 2027 presidential elections: Why Melenchon is a Gen Z favourite Issued on: Share Hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon is beloved by French youth, but also one of the country’s most controversial politicians. His encouragement of the youth protests sweeping through France months ahead of the presidential election has only made him more divisive. So, why is Melenchon a Gen Z favourite? FRANCE 24's Gabrielle Nadler spoke to young supporters to find out.
French (ORG) Melenchon (PERSON) Gen Z (ORG) YouTube (ORG) Jean-Luc Melenchon (PERSON) France (LOCATION) Gabrielle Nadler (PERSON)
Originally published by France 24 Read original →

Related Stories

ANC faces bruising defeat in South African local elections with 80% of ballots counted

Former liberation movement’s share of national vote almost 14 percentage points below 2021 resultThe African National Congress is on course to suffer a bruising defeat in South Africa’s local elections, with the once dominant party of Nelson Mandela falling to under a third of the vote nationally with more than 80% of ballots counted. Wednesday’s fragmented vote marks another stage in the decline of the ANC, which has led national governments since the end of white minority apartheid rule in...

The Guardian World 12m ago

Mélenchon squares up to Brussels in election manifesto

PARIS — French leftist presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants a radical overhaul of EU rules that would set him on a collision course with Brussels. The far-left leader, who has enjoyed a recent surge in the polls ahead of the 2027 election, pitched a series of measures to fundamentally rethink the EU’s agenda in his presidential platform unveiled Friday. Mélenchon also said he would disobey current EU rules that would prevent him from implementing his platform if elected.

Politico EU 12m ago

New bomb threats target Irish media, more flights

New bomb threats target Irish media, more flights November 6, 2026Following days of bomb threats grounding flights across Europe, media institutions in Ireland were added to the list of targets on Friday. Irish public broadcaster Raidio Teilifis Eirean (RTE) said that its buildings had been evacuated after receiving a bomb threat. Other media organizations were also taking security measures.

Deutsche Welle 12m ago

RFU boss confirms WRU Anglo-Welsh league approach

RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney confirms the WRU has officially asked to join an Anglo-Welsh league, although no talks have taken place.

BBC Sport 14m ago