They will have waited, tried to convince the other parties of the left and environmentalists, to play the union card for the European elections. But the rebels had to face the facts: everyone will go separately. So, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s movement, La France insoumise, decided to play the openness card this Wednesday, March 6, by presenting its list to the Europeans.
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In France, former ecologists, ex-socialists, trade unionists, whistleblowers… La France insoumise presented a colorful list this Wednesday. And it is not a failure, far from it, for the one who will lead the party troops for the second time to the EuropeansManon Aubry.
“ I am proud of the list that is proposed, she says, which brings together elected officials from all over Nupes: Damien Carême, deputy for Europe ecology-The Greens, the former coordinator of Génération.s, the former head of Young Ecolos… We will be the heirs of the Nupes program. I believe that we will need it more than ever, when we have the extreme right at the gates of power “, declared the head of the list.
An eligible position for activist Rima Hassan
Heirs of the program without doubt, the rebels do not hesitate to rub salt in the wound of Nupes, while the latter imploded after Hamas attacks in Israel. They offer an eligible position to the Franco-Palestinian lawyer and activist Rima Hassan, who irritates part of the left.
The boss of LFI, Manuel Bompard, assumes. “ It is important to have, tomorrow in the European Parliament, figures who can carry this cause and carry this commitment. Rima Hassan has a personal journey that links her very closely to the situation in Gaza, of course, but she is also a person who brings expertise on migration issues “, he believes.
It remains to be seen whether this very composite list will convince the rebellious activists called to approve it between now and the launch of the campaign at the end of next week.