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The firebrand shaking up the French election

He was a distant no-hoper but in the battle for the French presidency, there's been a late surge in support for Jean-Luc Melenchon. Backed by France's Communists, the founder of the Left Party has made the election even more difficult to predict. Our Paris correspondent, Lucy Williamson. Photo: Jean-Luc Melenchon. Credit: Reuters

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