Candidate of the Left Front party Jean-Luc Melenchon speaks at a rally after the first round of the 2012 French presidential election in Paris, France, April 22, 2012. French Socialist candidate Francois Hollande and incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy qualified to face off in the run-off vote as the first round of election ended on Sunday night, with the leftist candidate narrowly leading over the conservative president. Melenchon took 10.84 percent of the vote. (Xinhua/Nicolas Datiche)