Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France's Left Front, speaks to Seumas Milne. He says:



• On Hollande: 'He swallowed the entire Merkozy treaty whole'

• On debt: 'The ECB should lend money directly to member states'

• On credit rating agencies: 'Thugs who randomly attack another but do not respect anyone'

• On the failure of neo-liberalism: 'Good riddance!'