France's far-left presidential candidate cheers Gen Z school protests

The Washington Post ^ | October 11, 2026 3:11 PM EDT | Associated Press

[E. Pluribus Unum]

French far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is celebrating Gen Z protesters driving a school movement shaking France

PARIS — French far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Sunday celebrated high school students whose protest movement has shaken France as he called at a campaign rally for lowering the voting age to 16 and an end to selective admission to universities.

The fiery anti-capitalist Mélenchon also took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump, NATO and the global financial system, in a sweeping speech to thousands of supporters meant to kick his campaign into high gear for next year’s two-round election in April and May.

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Also Sunday, France’s Socialist and allied voters chose European Parliament lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann as their presidential candidate in a primary election marred by a cyberattack and divisions within the mainstream left.

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President Emmanuel Macron is finishing his second term and cannot run again, so next year’s election will be a turning point for France and Europe. France is the EU’s only nuclear power, its second-biggest economy and a linchpin of the shared euro currency zone.

At this stage, polls suggest that Mélenchon and center-right candidate Edouard...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: surrendermonkeys

[E. Pluribus Unum]

They are not "school protests."

They are Islamofascist terrorist attacks.

[rktman]

Pretty wide line for ‘farleft’ over there.

[ClearCase_guy]

Gen Z School Protest

[EvilCapitalist]

The Compost is calling someone “Far-Left?” Let me check outside to see if pigs are flying.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I messed up the 300-word extract:

PARIS — French far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Sunday celebrated high school students whose protest movement has shaken France as he called at a campaign rally for lowering the voting age to 16 and an end to selective admission to universities.

The fiery anti-capitalist Mélenchon also took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump, NATO and the global financial system, in a sweeping speech to thousands of supporters meant to kick his campaign into high gear for next year’s two-round election in April and May.

Also Sunday, France’s Socialist and allied voters chose European Parliament lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann as their presidential candidate in a primary election marred by a cyberattack and divisions within the mainstream left.

President Emmanuel Macron is finishing his second term and cannot run again, so next year’s election will be a turning point for France and Europe. France is the EU’s only nuclear power, its second-biggest economy and a linchpin of the shared euro currency zone.

At this stage, polls suggest that Mélenchon and center-right candidate Edouard...

[MtnClimber]

Out of the chaos comes order. A totalitarian communist order. That is what this is about.

[stanne]

“They are not “school protests.”
They are Islamofascist terrorist attacks.”

Washington Post.

[stanne]

Muslims will crush communists once they’re in

[MtnClimber]

The muslims will slaughter the communists when they have taken over. Do the communists see what the plan is?

[webheart]

It’s almost a schadenfreude situation except that there are probably some people who will be crushed that don’t deserve it.

[Salman]

The left is a suicide cult.

[stanne]

“ It’s almost a schadenfreude situation except that there are probably some people who will be crushed that don’t deserve it.”

Not at all. The goal is to crush any infidel. That’s American patriots.

[frank ballenger]

Politicians riding on the tiger’s back eventually fall off.

[Sicon]

They’re not Gen Z, they’re Gen Jihad.

[neverevergiveup]

We lost 36,574 U.S. service members in the Korean War, and 58,281 U.S. service members in the Vietnam War. When you combine those with Americans who died during the Cold War the total is more than 100,000. That doesn’t include those whose lives were permanently changed by injuries, loss of limbs or sight, and PTSD.

I can’t believe we are now watching the scum on the left trash the sacrifices of all those Americans. I am sickened.

[simpson96]

[jmacusa]

“Vom kaos ordnung kommt.

From chaos order comes’’.- Josef Goebbels.

[Brian Griffin]

“Mélenchon was born in Tangier (Tangier International Zone), Morocco. His father, Georges, was a postmaster of Spanish descent, and his mother, Jeanine Bayona, was a primary school teacher of both Spanish and Sicilian descent. He grew up in Morocco, until his family moved to France in 1962.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_M%C3%A9lenchon

Pourquoi?

[SharpRightTurn]

The Frogs already seem to be teetering on the edge anyway, after bringing in so many muslims. They are just crazy enough to elect this commie, Mélenchon, and finish themselves off. Maybe it would be best to do so; maybe a future generation can bring the country back to sanity.

[MacNaughton]