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New Popular Front

The New Popular Front (NFP, French: Nouveau Front populaire)[a] 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.

New Popular Front
Nouveau Front populaire
AbbreviationNFP
LeaderCollective leadership
FoundersFrançois Ruffin
Olivier Faure
Manuel Bompard
Marine Tondelier
Fabien Roussel
Founded10 June 2024 (2024-06-10)
Preceded byNew Ecological and Social People's Union
Political positionLeft-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

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

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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

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Formation

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First logo of New Popular Front

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][failed verification] The alliance agreed to a single joint slate of candidates going into the first round of the elections.[11]

Members

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Political parties

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Party Abbr. Ideology Political position Leader(s)
La France Insoumise and allies
 
 La France Insoumise[12] LFI Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism 		Left-wing Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Manuel Bompard
 
 Left Party[13] PG Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism 		Left-wing Éric Coquerel
Danielle Simonnet
 
 Ensemble![14] E! Socialism
Eco-socialism 		Left-wing to far-left Collective leadership
  Picardie Debout[15] PD Left-wing populism
Economic nationalism
Regionalism 		Left-wing François Ruffin
 
 Ecological Revolution for the Living[16] REV Veganism
Deep ecology 		Left-wing Aymeric Caron
 
 Independent Workers' Party[17] POI Marxism Left-wing to far-left Collective
 
 Rézistans Égalité 974 RÉ974 Democratic socialism
Regionalism 		Left-wing to far-left Jean-Hugues Ratenon
 
 Péyi-A Péyi-A Martiniquean independence Centre-left to left-wing Jean-Philippe Nilor
Marcelin Nadeau
  Eco-socialist Left[18] GES Eco-socialism Left-wing Collective
 
 Democratic and Social Left[19] GDS Democratic socialism Left-wing Gérard Filoche
For a Popular and Social Ecology[20] PEPS Eco-socialism Far-left Collective
Les Écologistes and allies
  The Ecologists[12] LE Green politics
Alter-globalisation 		Centre-left to left-wing Marine Tondelier
 
 Génération·s[12] G·s Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism 		Centre-left to left-wing Benoît Hamon
 
 Alsatian Alternative[21] AA Democratic socialism
Regionalism 		Left-wing
 
 Ecology Generation[22] GE Green politics
Eco-feminism 		Left-wing Delphine Batho
Ensemble Sur Nos Territoires[23] ET Green politics
Regionalism 		Left-wing Ronan Dantec
Heiura-Les Verts Heiura Green politics Left-wing Jacky Bryant
Socialist Party and allies
  Socialist Party[12] PS Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre-left to left-wing Olivier Faure
  Place Publique[12] PP Social democracy Centre-left Aurore Lalucq
Raphaël Glucksmann
  Paris in Common[24] PeC Social democracy
Eco-socialism
Regionalism 		Centre-left to left-wing Anne Hidalgo
  Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe[25] PPDG Social democracy
Post-Marxism 		Centre-left to left-wing Jacques Bangou
  Guianese Socialist Party PSG Democratic socialism
Guianese autonomism 		Left-wing Marie-Josée Lalsie
Mouvement populaire franciscain MPF Autonomism Left-wing Maurice Antiste
  Martinican Progressive Party PPM Democratic socialism
Autonomism 		Left-wing Didier Laguerre
  Build the Martinique Country BPM Post-Marxism
Left-wing nationalism 		Left-wing Pierre Samot
 
 Le Progrès LP Social democracy
Réunion regionalism 		Centre-left Patrick Lebreton
French Communist Party and allies
 
 French Communist Party[12] PCF Communism Left-wing to far-left Fabien Roussel
Humains et dignes[26] HeD Democratic socialism Left-wing Muriel Ressiguier
 
 Republican and Socialist Left[12] GRS Socialism Left-wing Emmanuel Maurel
 
 The Radicals of the Left[27] LRDG Radicalism Centre-left Stéphane Saint-André
Isabelle Amaglio-Térisse
 
 L'Engagement[28] L'E Socialism Centre-left to left-wing Arnaud Montebourg
 
 Citizen and Republican Movement[12] MRC Left-wing Gaullism
Sovereigntism 		Left-wing Jean-Luc Laurent
 
 For Réunion[29] PLR Democratic socialism
Post-Marxism
Regionalism 		Left-wing Huguette Bello
 
 Tāvini Huiraʻatira[30] TH Left-wing nationalism
French Polynesian independence 		Centre-left to left-wing Oscar Temaru
Martinican Communist Party MCP Communism
Martiniquean autonomism 		Far-left Patrick Lebreton
Communist Party of Réunion PCR Communism
Regionalism 		Far-left Élie Hoarau
Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement MDES Guianese nationalism
Marxism 		Far-left Fabien Canavy
Guadeloupe Communist Party PCG Communism
Guadeloupean autonomism 		Far-left Alain-Félix Flémin
 
 Martinican Independence Movement MIM Martinican nationalism
Decolonization 		Left-wing Alfred Marie-Jeanne
Martinican Democratic Rally RDM Martinican autonomism
Social democracy 		Left-wing Claude Lise
Others
  New Anticapitalist Party – The Anticapitalist[31] NPA–B Socialism
Anti-capitalism 		Far-left Collective leadership
  New Deal[32] ND Progressivism Centre-left to left-wing Arnaud Lelache
Aline Mouquet
  Movement of Progressives[33] MdP Progressivism Centre-left to left-wing François Béchieau
 
 Allons enfants[32] AE Social liberalism Centre-left Félix David-Rivière
 
 Pirate Party[34] PP Pirate politics
Civil libertarianism 		Syncretic Collective leadership
Breton Democratic Union[35] UDB Breton nationalism
Left-wing nationalism 		Left-wing Tifenn Siret
Pierre-Emmanuel Marais
 
 Euskal Herria Bai[36] EHBai Abertzale left Left-wing
Inseme a Manca[37] IaM Socialism
Eco-socialism 		Left-wing
Ghjuventù di Manca[37] GdM Green politics
Social justice 		Left-wing
A Manca [co][37] AM Left-wing nationalism
Corsican autonomy 		Far-left
Ecologia Sulidaria[37] ES Green politics Left-wing
Union pour la Sécurité de Mayotte[38] USM Left-wing
 
 Walwari[39] Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Guianese autonomism 		Centre-left to left-wing Christiane Taubira

Trade unions

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Union Confederation Abbr. Leader(s)
General Confederation of Labour[40] CGT Sophie Binet

Organizations

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Organization Abbr. Ideology Political position Leader(s)
 
 Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizens' Action[41] ATTAC Alter-globalisation
Tobin tax 		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
Révolution[44] Trotskyism Far-left Collective leadership

External support

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Party Abbr. Ideology Political position Leader(s)
 
 Radical Party of the Left[45] PRG Social liberalism
Radicalism 		Centre-left Guillaume Lacroix
Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century[46] Cap21 Green liberalism Centre Corinne Lepage

Political platform

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Economic policy

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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.[47]

Foreign policy

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The platform supports military aid to Ukraine, while committing to no direct French military intervention.[48] The platform also calls for France to recognise the State of Palestine,[47] and enforce an arms embargo against Israel.[49]

Reactions

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From the left

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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".[50] Former President François Hollande, who had been an opponent of NUPES, announced that he supported the New Popular Front,[51] 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.[52]

MEP Raphaël Glucksmann, who was initially cautious in regards to his support of the alliance,[53] ultimately announced his support of it on 14 June.[54]

From the political centre/centrists

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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.[55] 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."[56] French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, also of Renaissance, called the Front "an agreement of shame."[57]

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."[58] Guillaume Lacroix, the leader of the Radical Party of the Left, announced that while his party was not part of the agreement,[59] 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."[60] Cap21 called for a "grand gathering of all the political forces of the left, centre and ecologists."[46]

Unser Land, which is a member of Régions et Peuples Solidaires, like the Breton Democratic Union and Euskal Herria Bai, announced an independent candidacy stating that their candidates "will be the only ones to bring the idea of an autonomous Alsace in a federal France" and said that "Macron is a Jacobin, Le Pen and Mélenchon even more so."[61]

Notes

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  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)

References

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