During the rally held by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Anaïs Belouassa-Cherifi, La France Insoumise candidate in the Lyon municipal election, on February 26, 2026. BRUNO AMSELLEM/DIVERGENCE FOR LE MONDE
The decision was expected and came quickly, as demanded by of the municipal elections. As the public rapporteur suggested on Wednesday, February 25, the Council of State, France's highest administrative court, rejected on Friday, February 27, the appeal from La France Insoumise (LFI) against the Interior Ministry's decision to classify the populist party as "far left" for the March elections.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon's party had called Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez's February 2 decision a political maneuver to remove LFI from the broader "left bloc," where it had previously been grouped alongside the Socialists, Greens and Communists.
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon fumes after party is labeled 'far-left' by government
