Under fire over protests, Mélenchon stands by split with rest of French political spectrum
Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the radical left have been accused by their rivals of encouraging the emergence of violence at protests. Brushing off criticism, they have instead attacked the government's handling of the crisis.
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