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Jean-Luc Mélenchon

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon is the leader of the far-left party La France Insoumise.

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"We have absolutely nothing to do, either directly or indirectly, with the death of this young Deranque."
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"The party was facing the most ludicrous, the most unfair, and the most dangerous accusations."
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"Oui, je suis candidat."
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"Oui, je suis candidat."
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"C'est le contexte et l'urgence qui ont fixé la décision insoumise."
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"Nous c'est carré. Il y a une équipe, un programme, un seul candidat."
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"Nous c'est carré, il y a une équipe, un programme et un seul candidat."
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"C'est l'adversaire principal puisqu'il paraît qu'il va gagner. Honnêtement, je ne le crois pas."
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"Nous sommes prêts !"
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"The high school students taking part were harmless."
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"the most powerful high school and university student youth movement since 1968"
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"The students had retaken the Bastille."
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