Is being radical the right political formula for Nupes? A year after its creation, the union of the left and ecologists has not succeeded in settling this debate. Because two camps oppose each other: on the one hand socialists, communists and the majority of ecologists who claim radicalism in substance but not in form and rebels who defend their tactics of sound and fury, which has greatly tensed these last months.
We especially remember the word ” assassin launched by the rebellious deputy Aurélien Saintoul to the Minister of Labour, Olivier Dussopt, during the debates on the pension reform. This had provoked a strong reaction from the president of the communist group André Chassaigne, “ shocked and hurt with these words.
An incident minimized by the rebellious camp, but which left traces. The “radicality” of LFI and, by capillarity, of Nupes has become the main angle of attack for the presidential alliance, but also for the National Rally, which overplays appeasement and normality. To the point that the RN appears in some polls as less threatening than the Nupes. ” We haven’t found the right method yet ” of collective expression, euphemizes the patron saint of environmental deputies Cyrielle Châtelain.
Worried partners, but La France insoumise persists and signs
For MP LFI Mathias Tavel, there is an aspiration of society to radicalism and his movement only channels it. While assuming that the Insoumis “ don’t try to please ” at all costs. ” If being respectable is being like the others, we’re not interested “. La France insoumise indeed believes that creating cleavage allows in the long term to arrive at the break that it wishes.
The former chief of staff of Jean-Luc Mélenchon takes the example of the debate on the Sixth Republic, which returned to the front of the stage with the repeated forced passages of the executive to the National Assembly in the face of blockages largely coordinated by the Insoumis. ” The tactic “, he summarizes, “ it’s kicking down the door to move ideas forward. And ” in the face of Macron’s brutality “, adds his colleague Paul Vannier, “ this is not the time to play ties “.
Some doubts all the same at LFI
The rebellious MP Eric Coquerel thus believes that it is necessary to know how to avoid the trap of radicalism set by political adversaries. “ We must be radical-smart », smiles the chairman of the finance committee. ” It’s true that sometimes we only see the blows ” And ” it erases a little our work of proposal », Recognizes Mathias Tavel. However, there is no question of switching to ” happy Days » by the communist Fabien Roussel or « the warm hope by the free spirit François Ruffin, who advocates a less divisive style. “ The horizon of happiness, okay “, concedes Mathias Tavel, “ but it comes through a little sound and fury “.