Killing of nationalist student leaves French far left in deep trouble as elections loom

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Since then a torrent of condemnation has come down on the main party on the radical left, La France Insoumise, and on its leader, veteran firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon. LFI – or France Unbowed – has a bloc of some 70 MPs in the 577-member National Assembly.