A so-called "People's Primary" - a citizens' initiative that was supposed to allow France's left-wing to unite and strengthen democracy - has highlighted ongoing divisions after the plebicite's board of directors gave their support to far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon ahead of April's elections.
The "People's Primary" is a process of citizen consultation that was initiated almost a year ago in France and attracted the interest of more than 392,000 left-wing voters at the end of January to designate the candidate most likely to unite the fractured left ahead of France's presidential elections next month.
