{
  "id": 19622532,
  "title": "OPINION: Failing centre is to blame for popularity of Mélenchon's fantasy economics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/opinion-failing-centre-is-to-blame-for-popularity-of-melenchons",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T08:01:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local France",
    "slug": "the-local-france-thelocal",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.fr/20261112/opinion-failing-centre-is-to-blame-for-popularity-of-melenchons-fantasy-economics"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The manifesto from the far left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon has been slammed as 'economic suicide' for France - so why is he so popular, asks John Lichfield.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}