Socialist, communist, ecologist, and left-wing parties in france unite for legislative elections with single candidacies in each constituency
The Socialist Party, the Communist Party, the Ecologists, and La France Insoumise announced on Monday their intention to "support single candidacies from the first round" of the legislative elections. This statement was also signed by Place publique and Générations.
"In each constituency, we want to support single candidacies from the first round," advocating "a program of rupture," the signatory parties wrote.
They also called for joining the marches planned for this weekend at the invitation of CFDT, CGT, UNSA, FSU, and Solidaires, and to "protest widely."
The left-wing parties began negotiations on Monday to form a united front for the anticipated legislative elections on June 30 and July 7.
They gathered at the Paris headquarters of the Ecologists in the afternoon before issuing their statement shortly after 10:30 PM.
"We call for the creation of a new popular front that brings together in an unprecedented form all humanist, unionist, associative, and citizen left-wing forces," the signatories wrote, expressing their desire to "build an alternative to Emmanuel Macron and combat the racist project of the extreme right."
During an interview on Monday on France 2’s 8 PM news, Raphaël Glucksmann suggested that former CFDT leader Laurent Berger could become Prime Minister if they win, an idea not mentioned in the communiqué.
"Common candidacies from the first round, common program in preparation. Good work that thwarts the division Macron and Le Pen were counting on," reacted La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whom the Socialists wish to distance from the reconstitution of the left.
"We have validated the roadmap around the marker of rupture and the desire to expand to unionist, associative, and citizen organizations. Now we need to agree on the content and the electoral agreement. We are working on it starting now," specified LFI deputy Paul Vannier, who is responsible for elections within the insoumis movement, to AFP.
Conversely, LR leader Eric Ciotti denounced the "heavy responsibility" of the PS, PCF, and EELV for associating with LFI. "We do not compromise with anti-Semitism and anti-republicanism," the Alpes-Maritimes deputy castigated on X, warning of "a real danger for France."
