agreement between left-wing parties for “single candidacies” in each constituency from the first round

The negotiations launched by the left-wing parties on Monday June 10 resulted in a first agreement. The Socialist Party (PS), the French Communist Party (PCF), the Ecologists and La France insoumise (LFI) said shortly after 10:30 p.m. “in each constituency (…) support unique applications from the first round » legislative elections. The press release, also signed by Place publique, or Génération.s, says it carries “a disruptive program”.

“We call for the creation of a new popular front bringing together in a new form all the humanist, union, associative and citizen forces of the left”write the signatory parties, saying they wish “build an alternative to Emmanuel Macron and fight the racist project of the far right”. The text also calls for “join the processions” planned this weekend at the call of the CFDT, the CGT, the UNSA, the FSU and Solidaires and at “manifest widely”.

The left-wing parties met on Monday afternoon to find a union for the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, an early vote due to the dissolution of the National Assembly announced Sunday evening by Emmanuel Macron, after the results European elections won by the National Rally, far ahead of the presidential camp.

“Now we must agree on the content and the electoral agreement”

The announcement by the left-wing parties was made while a few hundred young demonstrators, coming from a rally against the far-right Place de la République, arrived under the windows of the Ecologists headquarters, where the various left-wing leaders were were found in the afternoon.

“We did it, we managed to agree!” »launched the boss of the Ecologists, Marine Tondelier, to the activists who were singing “Find a deal!” ». “We show our desire to leave together to offer an alternative to Emmanuel Macron”added Manuel Bompard, the coordinator of LFI.

“We are a country that stands up today to say no to the far right”continued the boss of the socialists, Olivier Faure, while the communist Fabien Roussel made “the oath to be united until victory”.

The four party leaders, who had not appeared together for ten months, were all warmly applauded.

The leader of La France insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whom the socialists want to distance from the reformation of the left, https://twitter.com/JLMelenchon/status/1800273156655235095 “good work which thwarts the division on which Macron and Le Pen were counting”.

“It is not an agreement, just an opening of discussion which allowed us to set our conditions”quickly tempered Public Square MEP Aurore Lalucq on X.

Several questions remain unanswered, such as the details of the joint program. “We validated the roadmap around the marker of the rupture and the desire to expand to associative and citizen union organizations. Now we must agree on the content and the electoral agreement. We’re working on it from now on”said LFI deputy Paul Vannier, responsible for elections within the rebellious movement, to Agence France-Presse.

Raphaël Glucksmann sets his conditions

Above all, the press release does not mention the surprise idea put forward by Raphaël Glucksmann on the 8 p.m. television news on France 2: the new strong man of the left proposed that the former leader of the CFDT Laurent Berger should become prime minister in the event of victory. The ex-unionist, a strong man in the fight against pension reform, has so far declined all political proposals.

“An individual initiative”quickly brushed off Manuel Bompard, regarding Raphaël Glucksmann’s proposal which “spoke in his own name” added Fabien Roussel.

Building on his 13.8% obtained on Sunday in the European elections under the banner of the PS, Mr. Glucksmann on Monday posed his ” terms “ to a possible alliance. The 44-year-old MEP has ruled out becoming head of government himself. “It will clearly not be Jean-Luc Mélenchon” neither, he added.

“As the head of the list who was clearly in the lead on the left”Raphaël Glucksmann also called for “a clear direction: we are not going to remake the Nupes”, he said. The coup, which made it possible in June 2022 to bring 151 left-wing deputies into the National Assembly, broke out after several disputes, including the last after October 7 and the refusal of LFI to qualify Hamas as a movement “terrorist”.

The boss of the Republicans, Eric Ciotti, denounced “heavy responsibility” of the PS, PCF and Ecologists to join forces with LFI. “We do not compromise with anti-Semitism and anti-republicanism”castigated the deputy for Alpes-Maritimes on the social network “a real danger for France”.