The French left is “ready to govern”, leftist figurehead Jean-Luc Mélenchon said on Sunday, after predictions showed a broad left-wing alliance could be the largest group in parliament, despite previous expectations the far right would win. “Our people have clearly rejected the worst-case scenario,” said the three-time presidential candidate of the France Unbowed (LFI) party. Leftist parties including LFI, the Socialist Party (PS), the Greens, and the Communist Party joined forces last month to form the New Popular Front (NFP). Prime Minister Gabriel Attal “has to go… The New Popular Front is …