Demonstrators hold a banner reading 'anti-Semitism is not a campaign promise' during a meeting of France's left-wing parties in Paris on June 13th, 2024. Photograph: MAGALI COHEN/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images France’s four main left-wing parties have agreed to form a “Popular Front” (NPF) to contest the snap election, campaigning on a joint platform and fielding a single candidate in every constituency. The Socialist Party (PS), Greens, Communists, and France Unbowed (LFI) led by the hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon said they had reached agreement after several days of difficult talks and would present their manifesto later on Friday. “A new...