Leftist party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has called on French President Emmanuel Macron to step down or choose a new prime minister from the winning leftwing alliance. Thousands took to the streets of Paris to celebrate the surprise success over a growing surge from the far right. ‘We are immensely relieved’, Mélenchon told a cheering crowd. Prime minister Gabriel Attal, a member of Macron’s centrist party, said he will turn in his resignation.
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