Two weeks before the first round of legislative elections, demonstrations against the far right are planned this weekend in several French cities at the call of unions, associations and the left-wing coalition of the New Popular Front. Tensions emerged yesterday within France Insoumise, a component of this union, after revealing its investitures and the absence of certain historical figures of the party, such as Danielle Simonnet, Alexis Corbière or Raquel Garrido, all labeled as slingers.
Information to remember
⇒ Alexis Corbière, not reinvested by LFI, accuses Mélenchon of “settling his scores”
⇒ Marine Tondelier summons the EELV authorities
⇒ Macron calls the economic programs of the New Popular Front and the RN “unrealistic”
François Ruffin criticizes the “worst schemes” of the management of LFI
The day after an agreement from the left on a common program, the deputy for Somme denounced “the worst schemes” of the leadership of France Insoumise (LFI), after the latter rejected the candidacies of several outgoing deputies. rebels”. “The far right is knocking on the door of power. And what are they doing? They are dividing. They are purging outgoing candidates, for no other reason than that they have free speech, without a leash or a muzzle,” he said. he writes on.
François Ruffin, who evokes a “bad farce”, warns that “the agreement must hold, the program must be defended. The campaign must be carried out.” He assures that the legislative elections must be won “not for positions but for people”. “This is not the time for purges or score-settling”, also emphasizes X Sandrine Rousseau, outgoing environmentalist MP.
“Purge” at LFI: Marine Tondelier summons the EELV authorities
The boss of the Ecologists, Marine Tondelier, said this Saturday that she was “extremely shocked” by the “purge” within LFI – where several outgoing deputies, critics of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, were not nominated for the legislative elections. “I summoned the EELV authorities this morning to see what follow-up to be given to this,” she declared on France 2. Marine Tondelier must also meet with the socialist leaders, Olivier Faure, and the communist leaders, Fabien Roussel. The boss of the Ecologists wants the New Popular Front to support, despite everything, the candidates ousted by LFI.
Insoumise France divides on investitures
Friday, the day began with an image of unity on the left, with the agreement reached between partners to seal a New Popular Front. And it ended with a gaping fissure within La France insoumise (LFI), accused of “purge” or “sectarianism” after having published in the evening the names of these 230 candidates for the vote of June 30 and July 7 .
In addition to the controversial presence of Adrien Quatennens, outgoing deputy for the 1st district of the North, sentenced in December 2022 to four months of suspended imprisonment for domestic violence, several historic figures of the party did not obtain their investiture and were replaced by other candidates. These include Danielle Simonnet, elected in Paris; Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière, deputies for Seine-Saint-Denis. They all expressed their surprise Friday evening. “An obscure LFI electoral commission decided not to nominate me as a candidate. A punishment for having voiced internal criticism. Shame,” grumbled Alexis Corbière, on the social network X, saying he was “obviously still a candidate ” in a constituency where he had been re-elected in the first round in 2022. This Saturday, June 15, the deputy accused Mélenchon of “settling his scores”.
Environmental NGOs attack the RN
The National Rally (RN) “has never been there” in the fight against climate change and has even “pushed in the opposite direction and continues to do so”, denounced the Climate Action Network (RAC) on Friday evening. , calling for it to be blocked. “The ecological transition and its accessibility to all, including the most precarious” is not part of the programs and votes of the RN, underlines the RAC in a press release.
The organization, which brings together 27 national associations and 10 local associations around the fight against climate change, including France Nature Environnement, the Foundation for Nature and Man and the League for the Protection of Birds, notably denounces several ideas put forward by the RN during the recent European elections, such as that of relaxing obligations in terms of housing renovation or repealing the end of the sale of new thermal cars in 2035. This “does not go in the direction of the ecological transition nor in that of improving the quality of life and the purchasing power of households.
Macron calls the economic programs of the New Popular Front and the RN “unrealistic”
The programs of the New Popular Front and the National Rally “pose a very great danger” to the French economy and are “totally unrealistic”, said Emmanuel Macron on Friday on the sidelines of a trip to Bari in Italy for the G7. “There are today two extreme blocs which have chosen economic programs which are not within the framework of an ethic of responsibility and which promise people gifts which are unfunded,” declared the leader of the State, 16 days before the early legislative elections.
Reacting to a week of strong turbulence for France on the financial markets – the Paris Stock Exchange experienced its worst week since March 2022 – Emmanuel Macron noted that there was “a period of uncertainty which is linked to this election “. “It kind of gives you a taste of what the advent of totally unrealistic economic programs would actually be like,” he assured. According to him, the projects of the left alliance or the National Rally “cost between 100 and 400 billion euros per year”.
Aurélien Rousseau candidate of the New Popular Front
The former Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, will be the candidate of the New Popular Front for Place publique in the former constituency of Michel Rocard, in Yvelines. A big catch for the left, and a new blow for Emmanuel Macron. Aurélien Rousseau left the government in December after the vote on the immigration law. He had previously been the chief of staff of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, notably during the highly contested pension reform.