France's left-wing Mélenchon admits defeat despite late surge #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

Far-left presidential hopeful Jean-Luc Mélenchon garnered 19.6% of votes in the first round of French elections on Sunday, a breakthrough for the firebrand France Insoumise (Unsubmissive France) candidate but not enough to carry him to the run-off.

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