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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Michel Rose

French left's new 'disobedient' stance is warning shot for EU

FILE PHOTO: Posters of the parliament election of Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of the far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI) are display in Paris, France May 3, 2022. Poster reads "Melenchon Prime Minister" REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Winning next month's legislative election may be a long shot for France's new hard-left alliance, but the fact President Emmanuel Macron now faces two eurosceptic opposition blocs should cause concern among France's European Union partners.

The French left this week united under the leadership of a eurosceptic party that wants to "disobey" EU rules and "destabilise the Brussels machine", departing for the first time from the pro-EU stance of previous left-wing coalitions.

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