As France returns to the polls, can Mélenchon’s left deprive Macron of a majority?

Coming on the heels of the Élysée Palace race, France’s legislative elections are often seen as an appendix to the presidential contest, a sideshow designed to hand the freshly elected president a working majority. It’s an assumption veteran leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon plans to shatter as he leads a rejuvenated left-wing coalition into battle, aiming to force President Emmanuel Macron into an uncomfortable “cohabitation”.