French far-left party leader blasts Macron for comments on 'violent speeches' The leader of France's far-left La France Insoumise party Jean-Luc Mélenchon reacts to President Emmanuel Macron's remarks after he denounced speeches justifying violence, telling the president that France is "a country with a controversial and quarrelsome tradition [...] If he prefers to govern another country, he can go there and run as a candidate there." SOUNDBITES