PARIS (Reuters) - Far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon warned France's Socialist presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande on Tuesday against chasing after far-right candidate Marine Le Pen's voters, saying he risked electoral "disaster".
Melenchon, a former Trotskyist who came fourth in Sunday's presidential first round with 11 percent, told Reuters in an interview that Hollande needed the votes of his Left Front to beat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in a May 6 second round.
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