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Jean-Luc Mélenchon's policies are no far-left fantasy
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| Contributor | La Fayette |
| Last Edited | La Fayette Apr 18, 2012 08:08am |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Author | Philippe Marlière |
| Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
| News Date | Sunday, April 15, 2012 11:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Superbly ignored by the media until recently, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is the new flavour of the day in the French presidential campaign. In truth, while trying to account for his dramatic rise in the polls – latest reports put him at 17% of the vote – most commentators could not help pour scorn on the Left Front candidate.
A survey of the main articles recently published in the British media provides a compelling case study of political prejudice and misunderstanding. Mélenchon is described as an "Anglo-Saxon basher with a whiny voice" (the Independent), a "populist" who's "on the hard-left" (all newspapers) and a "bully and a narcissist, out to provoke" (BBC). More sympathetic commentaries compare him to George Galloway or depict him as a "far-left firebrand", a "maverick" and the "pitbull of anti-capitalism". |
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