{
  "id": 18732713,
  "title": "French presidential hopeful Mélenchon set to launch campaign by vowing to lower retirement age",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/french-presidential-hopeful-melenchon-set-to-launch-campaign-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T14:44:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261107-french-presidential-hopeful-m%C3%A9lenchon-launches-campaign-by-vowing-lower-retirement-age"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Veteran leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon is set to formally announce his plan to raise France's minimum wage, cap prices for essential foods and restore the country's retirement age to 60 in a speech launching his 2027 presidential election programme on Saturday. Polls currently indicate that he is the left wing's strongest contender against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}