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Hard-left leader sees win in French vote, himself as new PM

France Insoumise campaign organizer Franck Othmame Gord hangs campaign posters in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Leftist parties that nearly disappeared from the French political landscape have grown wings in the run-up to Sunday’s legislative elections and now threaten to weaken President Emmanuel Macron, and his hopes of slam-dunking his own agenda through parliament.(AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A campaign poster featuring hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon and Manuel Bompard, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Leftist parties that nearly disappeared from the French political landscape have grown wings in the run-up to Sunday’s legislative elections and now threaten to weaken President Emmanuel Macron, and his hopes of slam-dunking his own agenda through parliament. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A poster of hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Leftist parties that nearly disappeared from the French political landscape have grown wings in the run-up to Sunday’s legislative elections and now threaten to weaken President Emmanuel Macron, and his hopes of slam-dunking his own agenda through parliament. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A view of an election poster for the upcoming parliamentary election with the face of Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leader of the far left opposition party, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Leftist parties that nearly disappeared from the French political landscape have grown wings in the run-up to Sunday’s legislative elections and now threaten to weaken President Emmanuel Macron, and his hopes of slam-dunking his own agenda through parliament. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Hard-left leader sees win in French vote, himself as new PM