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Jean-Luc Melenchon (C), leader of France's Parti de Gauche political party and the Front de Gauche political party's candidate for the 2012 French presidential election and French Communist deputy Marie-Georges Buffet (L)
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![Left Front (Front de Gauche) party's candidate for 2012 French presidential election, Jean-Luc Melenchon participates at the 36th France Nature Environment congress in Montreuil, near Paris, France on January 28, 2012. Photo Left Front (Front de Gauche) party's candidate for 2012 French presidential election, Jean-Luc Melenchon participates at the 36th France Nature Environment congress in Montreuil, near Paris, France on January 28, 2012. Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E093E1/left-front-front-de-gauche-partys-candidate-for-2012-french-presidential-election-jean-luc-melenchon-participates-at-the-36th-france-nature-environment-congress-in-montreuil-near-paris-france-on-january-28-2012-photo-by-mousseabacapresscom-2E093E1.jpg)
Left Front (Front de Gauche) party's candidate for 2012 French presidential election, Jean-Luc Melenchon participates at the 36th France Nature Environment congress in Montreuil, near Paris, France on January 28, 2012. Photo
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Exclusive. Front de Gauche candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon is pictured during his visit in Nerac, France on September 22, 2011. Photo by Patrick Bernard/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy
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Front de Gauche candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon participates to a gathering of the personal of the maternity of the Lilas for the maintenance and the rebuilding the maternity, in Les Lilas, suburbs of
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Front de Gauche candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon participates to a meeting of the European left Party, (PGE-Parti de la gauche europeenne), in headquarters of french communist party, in Paris, France, on October 7,
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203 Front De Gauche Candidate Jean Luc Melenchon Holds Press Conference Bilder und Fotos - Getty Images
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