Le BourgetMélenchon promised 20,000 supporters nationalisations and a NATO exit.
He polls about 18% for the first round in France, within reach of a run-off against Marine Le Pen.
He would convert €600bn of debt held by the European Central Bank into interest-free loans that need never be repaid.
“Borrowing money and deciding not to give it back - that’s called theft,” said Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu in September.
The election is in April, and Polymarket traders give Le Pen a 45% chance of winning, up 3 points in a week.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 70+ reports worldwide
- Financial Times News
- frames Mélenchon's programme as 'time to change everything', and sets his 18% first-round polling against the likely run-off with Le Pen
- Al Jazeera Online
- lists the programme's specifics (retirement at 60, €1,700 minimum wage, NATO exit, ECB debt write-off) and frames it against Brussels rules
- Le Monde.fr
Sources: Le Monde.fr, Financial Times News, Al Jazeera Online