Key facts
- France Unbowed (LFI) is targeting voters in diverse suburbs who abstained in the 2022 election.
- LFI aims to propel Jean-Luc Melenchon towards the presidential run-off.
- LFI's policies focus on wages and public services.
- Far-right leader Jordan Bardella states France is losing its greatness and territorial control.
- Bardella describes France as increasingly tribalized.
- Armenia is holding a parliamentary election on June 7.
- The election tests Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's peace efforts with Azerbaijan.
- The election also tests Pashinyan's Western ties.
- Pashinyan's party leads polls.
- Pashinyan faces Russian pressure and domestic criticism after a military defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh.
France's hard-left political party, France Unbowed (LFI), is strategically targeting voters in diverse suburban areas who abstained during the 2022 election. The party's aim is to propel its leader, Jean-Luc Melenchon, towards a presidential run-off in the upcoming election. LFI's platform, which includes policies focused on increasing wages and strengthening public services, is designed to resonate with younger voters and immigrant communities. These demographics are seen as key to expanding the party's electoral base beyond its traditional supporters.