New Popular Front

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New Popular Front
Nouveau Front populaire
Abbreviation NFP
Leader Collective leadership
Founded 10 June 2024 (2024-06-10)
Preceded by New Ecological and Social People's Union
Political position Left-wing
Colours      Green
     Red
     Yellow
     Purple
     Raspberry
Senate
98 / 348
National Assembly
155 / 577
(before NA dissolution)
European Parliament
27 / 81
Website
www.nouveaufrontpopulaire.fr
Politics of France
Political parties
Elections

The New Popular Front (NFP, French: Nouveau Front populaire)[lower-alpha 1] is a broad left-wing electoral alliance of political parties in France launched on 10 June 2024 in response to the snap 2024 legislative election.

This front brings together Les Écologistes, La France Insoumise, the French Communist Party, the Socialist Party, Génération.s and the Republican and Socialist Left while pushing for a mobilisation of associations, union forces and civil society.

Background

Prior to the 2022 elections, several parties of the French left founded the New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES) electoral alliance to jointly contest the election against National Rally and En Marche.[3] Although collectively able to form the leading opposition bloc, the alliance failed to agree to form a singular parliamentary grouping. Despite this, the alliance denied Macron a majority within parliament.[4]

History

Formation

On 9 June 2024, the 2024 European Parliament elections took place with exit polls indicating that National Rally had achieved twice that Macron's Renaissance. NUPES did not take part under one ballot, but under multiple. Responding to the underperformance in the elections, Macron dissolved the parliament to call for snap parliamentary elections, with the first round scheduled for 30 June, and a second round for 7 July.[5]

Following the announcement of fresh elections, there were calls from some to renew NUPES. Leftist politician François Ruffin called on all left-wing parties, including the Greens, to form a “Popular Front” in order to "avoid the worst, and to win".[6] Socialist Party First Secretary Olivier Faure called to "create a popular front against the far right" but dismissed the left working with Macron's policies as "totally illusory".[7]

Late on 10 June, the New Popular Front was announced with an intent to "build an alternative to Emmanuel Macron and fight the racist project of the extreme right" in the upcoming elections.[8][9] The name intends to harken back on the "old" Popular Front that formed in the 1930s.[10][not in citation given] The alliance agreed to a single joint slate of candidates going into the first round of the elections.[11][12][13]

Members

Political parties

Party Abbr. Ideology Political position Leader(s)
La France Insoumise and allies
75px La France Insoumise[14] LFI Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism		 Left-wing to far-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Manuel Bompard
Nouveau logotype PG.svg Left Party[15] PG Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism		 Left-wing Éric Coquerel
Danielle Simonnet
45px
 Ensemble![16] E! Socialism
Eco-socialism		 Left-wing to far-left Collective leadership
75px Picardie Debout[17] PD Left-wing populism
Economic nationalism		 Left-wing François Ruffin
45px
 Ecological Revolution for the Living[18] REV Veganism
Deep ecology		 Left-wing Aymeric Caron
50px
 Independent Workers' Party[19] POI Marxism Left-wing to far-left Collective
Rézistans Égalité 974 RÉ974 Democratic socialism
Regionalism		 Left-wing to far-left Jean-Hugues Ratenon
75px Eco-socialist Left[20] GES Eco-socialism Left-wing Collective
Democratic and Social Left[21] GDS Democratic socialism Left-wing Gérard Filoche
For a Popular and Social Ecology[22] PEPS Eco-socialism Far-left Collective
Les Écologistes and allies
75px The Ecologists[14] LE Green politics
Alter-globalisation		 Centre-left to left-wing Marine Tondelier
40px
 Génération·s[14] G·s Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism		 Centre-left to left-wing Benoît Hamon
Alsatian Alternative[23] AA Democratic socialism
Regionalism		 Left-wing
Ecology Generation[24] GE Green politics
Eco-feminism		 Left-wing Delphine Batho
Ensemble Sur Nos Territoires[25] ET Green politics
Regionalism		 Left-wing Ronan Dantec
Heiura-Les Verts Heiura Green politics Left-wing Jacky Bryant
Socialist Party and allies
65x65px Socialist Party[14] PS Social democracy Centre-left Olivier Faure
65x65px Place Publique[14] PP Social democracy Centre-left Aurore Lalucq
Raphaël Glucksmann
65x65px Paris in Common[26] PeC Social democracy
Eco-socialism		 Centre-left to left-wing Anne Hidalgo
45px Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe[27] PPDG Social democracy
Post-Marxism		 Centre-left to left-wing Jacques Bangou
45px Guianese Socialist Party PSG Democratic socialism Left-wing Marie-Josée Lalsie
Martinican Progressive Party PPM Democratic socialism
Autonomism		 Left-wing Didier Laguerre
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 Build the Martinique Country BPM Left-wing nationalism Left-wing Pierre Samot
French Communist Party and allies
50px
 French Communist Party[14] PCF Communism Far-left Fabien Roussel
Humains et dignes[28] HeD Democratic socialism Left-wing Muriel Ressiguier
Republican and Socialist Left[14] GRS Socialism Left-wing Emmanuel Maurel
75px The Radicals of the Left[29] LRDG Radicalism Centre-left Stéphane Saint-André
Isabelle Amaglio-Térisse
45px
 L'Engagement[30] L'E Socialism Centre-left to left-wing Arnaud Montebourg
Citizen and Republican Movement[14] MRC Left-wing Gaullism
Sovereigntism		 Left-wing Jean-Luc Laurent
45px
 For Réunion[31] PLR Democratic socialism
Post-Marxism		 Left-wing Huguette Bello
65x65px
 Tāvini Huiraʻatira[32] TH Left-wing nationalism
French Polynesian independence		 Centre-left to left-wing Oscar Temaru
50px
 Péyi-A Péyi-A Martiniquean independence Centre-left to left-wing Jean-Philippe Nilor
Marcelin Nadeau
Le Progrès LP Social democracy
Réunionregionalism		 Centre-left Patrick Lebreton
Martinican Communist Party MCP Communism Far-left Patrick Lebreton
Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement MDES Guianese nationalism
Marxism		 Far-left Fabien Canavy
Guadeloupe Communist Party PCG Communism Far-left Alain-Félix Flémin
65x65px
 Martinican Independence Movement MIM Martinican nationalism
Decolonization		 Left-wing Alfred Marie-Jeanne
Others
New Anticapitalist Party – The Anticapitalist[33] NPA–A Socialism
Anti-capitalism		 Far-left Collective leadership
65px New Deal[34] ND Progressivism Centre-left to left-wing Arnaud Lelache
Aline Mouquet
45px Movement of Progressives[35] MdP Progressivism Centre-left to left-wing François Béchieau
45px
 Allons enfants[34] AE Social liberalism Centre-left Félix David-Rivière
50px
 Pirate Party[36] PP Pirate politics
Civil libertarianism		 Syncretic Collective leadership
Breton Democratic Union[37] UDB Breton nationalism
Left-wing nationalism		 Left-wing Tifenn Siret
Pierre-Emmanuel Marais
75px Euskal Herria Bai[38] EHBai Abertzale left Left-wing
Inseme a Manca[39] IaM Left-wing
Ghjuventù di Manca[39] GdM Left-wing
A Manca[39] AM Left-wing nationalism Far-left
Ecologia Sulidaria[39] ES Green politics Left-wing

Trade unions

Union Confederation Abbr. Leader(s)
General Confederation of Labour[40] CGT Sophie Binet
French Democratic Confederation of Labour[40] CFDT Marylise Leon [fr]
National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions[40] UNSA Laurent Escure [fr]
Fédération Syndicale Unitaire[40] FSU Benoît Teste
Union syndicale Solidaires[40] SUD Julie Ferrua and Murielle Guilbert

Organizations

Organization Abbr. Ideology Political position Leader(s)
45px
 Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizens' Action[41] ATTAC Alter-globalisation Left-wing Collective leadership
Jeune Garde Antifasciste[42] JGA Anti-fascism Far-left Collective leadership
Association Démocratie Écologie Solidarité[43] ADES Eco-socialism Left-wing Collective leadership

External support

Party Abbr. Ideology Political position Leader(s)
50px
 Radical Party of the Left[44] PRG Social liberalism
Radicalism		 Centre-left Guillaume Lacroix
Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century[45] Cap21 Green liberalism Centre Corinne Lepage

Political platform

Economic policy

The New Popular Front supports a retirement age of 60 and the repeal of the 2023 French pension reform law. The Front also supports introduction of menstrual leave.[46]

Foreign policy

The platform supports military aid to Ukraine. The platform also calls for France to recognise the State of Palestine.[46]

Reactions

From the left

On 11 June, the vice president of the Occitanie region, Kamel Chibli of the Socialist Party opposed the agreement, accusing it of being "NUPES 2" and "political nonsense".[47] Former President François Hollande, who had been an opponent of NUPES, announced that he supported the New Popular Front,[48] and was later confirmed as a candidate for the alliance in Corrèze's 1st constituency, a seat he had held for over twenty years between 1988 and his election to the presidency in 2012.[49]

MEP Raphaël Glucksmann, who was initially cautious in regards to his support of the alliance,[50] ultimately announced his support of it on 14 June.[51]

From the political centre/centrists

Former prime minister of France Manuel Valls, a former member of the Socialist Party and current member of Renaissance, who was an opponent of NUPES in 2022, denounced the agreement.[52] Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economics and Finance and member of Renaissance, called the New Popular Front's programme "complete madness," saying that it was "completely detached from the reality of the world."[53] French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, also of Renaissance, called the Front "an agreement of shame."[54]

Volt France, a liberal Eurofederalist party, criticised the agreement, and echoed Raphaël Glucksmann's call for a "European front" uniting "all republican and pro-European forces."[55] Guillaume Lacroix, the leader of the Radical Party of the Left, announced that while his party was not part of the agreement,[56] they would support "left-wing [candidates] who share its republican, secular and universalist values ​​as well as all Republican candidates capable of beating the RN."[57] Cap21 called for a "grand gathering of all the political forces of the left, centre and ecologists."[45]

Notes

  1. ↑ Also referred as the Popular Front[1] (FP, French: Front populaire) and as the Ecological and Social Popular Front[2] (FPES, French: Front populaire écologique et social)

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