Jean-Luc Melenchon of the French far left Parti de Gauche and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election speaks during a meeting to present his proposals on foreign and defense policy in Paris, France, March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - French Far-left Presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon ruled out in a newspaper interview asking Benoit Hamon, the official Socialist party candidate he has overtaken in opinion polls, to pull out of the race and join him.
Melenchon, a political veteran, whose potential election score in polls has risen to as high as 16 percent in the past few days, told French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche: "No, I do not bother with him. My challenge is not to 'unite the left- wing'...it is to federate the people."
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