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FILE - Electoral posters reading "Elect Melenchon Prime Minister", are displayed before a local meeting, May 5, 2022 in Lille, northern France. A month before the first round of voting, the campaign for the 577 seats in France’s lower house of parliament has been brutal. After losing to Macron in the April presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen now faces a challenge from her political nemesis, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon who has set his sights on becoming prime minister. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

FILE - Electoral posters reading "Elect Melenchon Prime Minister", are displayed before a local meeting, May 5, 2022 in Lille, northern France. A month before the first round of voting, the campaign for the 577 seats in France’s lower house of parliament has been brutal. After losing to Macron in the April presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen now faces a challenge from her political nemesis, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon who has set his sights on becoming prime minister. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

French far-right party Rassemblement National's Jordan Bardella speaks to reporters after a press conference in Paris, Wednesday, May 11, 2022 . A month before the first round of voting, the campaign for the 577 seats in France’s lower house of parliament has been brutal. After losing to Macron in the April presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen now faces a challenge from her political nemesis, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon who has set his sights on becoming prime minister. (AP Photo/Elaine Ganley)

French far-right party Rassemblement National's Jordan Bardella speaks to reporters after a press conference in Paris, Wednesday, May 11, 2022 . A month before the first round of voting, the campaign for the 577 seats in France’s lower house of parliament has been brutal. After losing to Macron in the April presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen now faces a challenge from her political nemesis, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon who has set his sights on becoming prime minister. (AP Photo/Elaine Ganley)

FILE - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen speaks after the early result projections of the French presidential election runoff were announced in Paris, April 24, 2022. A month before the first round of voting, the campaign for the 577 seats in France’s lower house of parliament has been brutal. After losing to Macron in the April presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen now faces a challenge from her political nemesis, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon who has set his sights on becoming prime minister. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

FILE - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen speaks after the early result projections of the French presidential election runoff were announced in Paris, April 24, 2022. A month before the first round of voting, the campaign for the 577 seats in France’s lower house of parliament has been brutal. After losing to Macron in the April presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen now faces a challenge from her political nemesis, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon who has set his sights on becoming prime minister. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

FILE- French far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon leaves after voting in the first round of the presidential election at a polling station, April 10, 2022 in Marseille, southern France. A month before the first round of voting, the campaign for the 577 seats in France’s lower house of parliament has been brutal. After losing to Macron in the April presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen now faces a challenge from her political nemesis, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon who has set his sights on becoming prime minister. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

FILE- French far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon leaves after voting in the first round of the presidential election at a polling station, April 10, 2022 in Marseille, southern France. A month before the first round of voting, the campaign for the 577 seats in France’s lower house of parliament has been brutal. After losing to Macron in the April presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen now faces a challenge from her political nemesis, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon who has set his sights on becoming prime minister. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)