Barred From Government, France’s Left Seeks a Way Forward

Democracy is not just the art of accepting that you’ve won, it’s also the humility of accepting that you’ve lost,” insists Jean-Luc Mélenchon. He was speaking on Saturday at the first demonstration since President Emmanuel Macron nominated right-winger Michel Barnier as France’s prime minister. One hundred sixty thousand people, according to France Insoumise — twenty-six thousand according [...]