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What’s happened to the left in France?

Left wing political parties in France have lost considerable popular support in the last decade. Do they have a future with so many of their voters defecting to president Macron?

Left wing political parties in France have lost considerable popular support in the last decade. Do they have a future with so many of their voters defecting to president Macron?

With Charmaine Cozier
Produced by Bob Howard

(Jean-Luc MΓ©lenchon party leader of France's leftist movement La France Insoumise, MP and candidate for the 2022 presidential election. 13 Feb 2022 Credit: Pascal Guyot /Getty Images)

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23 minutes

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Thu 24 Feb 2022 08:06GMT

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  • Thu 24 Feb 2022 08:06GMT

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