"We are positioning ourselves in a controlled, reasoned but firm break with all the rules of the system within which we operate," says Jean-Luc Mélenchon during the presentation of the New Popular Ecological and Social union's (Nupes) programme for France's legislative elections. Defeated in the presidential election, hard-left leader Melenchon is eyeing a comeback in the parliamentary elections on June 12 and 19 that would give him the ability to thwart president Emmanuel Macron. SOUNDBITES