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French leftist party La France Insoumise (LFI) member of parliament Jean-Luc Melenchon, former presidential candidate who finished third in the election's first round, gives a press conference focused on the "Union Populaire" left-wing alliance, at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris on April 21, 2122, ahead of the second tour of France's presidential election. - Melenchon on April 19, called for a left-wing alliance in parliamentary elections in June, often deemed the "third round" in France's electoral system, that would deny either incumbent president and centrist La Republique En Marche (LREM) party candiate for re-election Emmanuel Macron or far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party candidate Marine Le Pen a majority, and potentially set him up as prime minister. (Photo by bERTRAND GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)