Mélenchon appears as hologram in last push for French election

Image of radical left presidential candidate, who is third in polls, projected at rallies across country

Speaking via hologram to multiple locations across France, Jean-Luc Melenchon, the radical leftwing politician who aims to throw the presidential election off course, told supporters victory was within their grasp at his last campaign rally on Tuesday evening.

The veteran candidate, who has been edging his way up the polls and is in third place, described himself as a political tortoise, slow but with the potential to beat the hares to the finishing line.