FILE: Far-left French firebrand Melenchon elected to parliament Jean-Luc Melenchon, the fiery 65-year-old leader of the radical left France Unbowed will join the opposition benches in the National Assembly. Melenchon, an MEP and former senator who finished fourth in the presidential election, is elected in the Mediterranean port of Marseille. He has vowed a "merciless" battle against the government on workers' rights. FILE IMAGES of Mélenchon campaigning