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00:00A jubilant mood in Montreuil as France's left-wing alliance gathered for its debut rally.
00:05Supporters joined the newly formed coalition to kick off campaigning ahead of France's snap
00:10parliamentary election.
00:13Let us vow to never give up, to continue together,
00:17when this popular front government will finally be in power.
00:21Political parties representing the French left-wing reached an agreement on June 12
00:26to form the new Popular Front.
00:28But divisions appeared over the weekend as France Unbowed chose not to reinvest in candidates
00:33deemed too critical of the party's leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
00:36Yes, it was a mistake.
00:38And then it gave us 48 hours of controversies,
00:40which we could have done without, two weeks before the election.
00:43According to recent polls, the left-wing alliance are projected to win 28% of the vote,
00:48a recent strength in numbers.
00:50But after the national rally's historic gains in the European parliamentary elections,
00:55polls suggest they stand to win 33% of the vote.
00:59I think there can be no half measures.
01:02Either it is the national rally with a situation of division, of chaos,
01:06with a certain violence even, or it is the capacity of the left to bring about a solution.
01:14With two weeks to go, the race is on to close the gap.