Five rebellious candidates who distanced themselves from the party line were not nominated for the legislative elections. The first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, denounced a decision which “disfavors” the New Popular Front, in an interview with Le Monde published this Monday.
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- While the official campaign for the legislative elections begins this Monday, June 17, the non-inauguration of five rebellious “rebellious” deputies is a source of tension within the New Popular Front (NFP). This decision “disadvantages” the alliance of left-wing parties “by creating doubt about the idea that the NFP can camouflage score-settling within a political group”, lamented the first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS ), Olivier Faure, in an interview with World published this Monday.
- LFI did not nominate five candidates who had expressed disagreements with the way the party was run. Among them, we find three historic figures of the party: Alexis Corbière, Raquel Garrido and Danielle Simonnet.
- This decision, associated with that of reinvesting the outgoing rebellious deputy Adrien Quatennens, convicted of domestic violence, was denounced by several representatives of the other left-wing parties forming the NFP. The outgoing deputy from the North finally gave up running.
- Former President of the Republic François Hollande announced his candidacy for the legislative elections on Saturday. Candidate in the first constituency of Corrèze, he will not find a candidate supported by the majority, according to information from BFMTV.
- The NFP now has a program. LFI, the PS, Place publique, Génération⸱s, EELV and the PCF have revealed the main measures they will put in place if they manage to win the legislative elections and obtain a majority in the National Assembly. The details are to be found by clicking here.
- The NFP will field only one candidate in each constituency on June 30. The distribution is as follows: 229 for LFI, 175 for the PS, 92 for EELV and 50 for the PCF. Consult our map and our search engine to find out which of these parties will be running in your riding.
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09:46 – Clémentine Autain “wishes” the “victory” of the rebellious deputies not reinvested by LFI
While the five rebellious deputies not reinvested by the party announced that they were maintaining their candidacy, the outgoing LFI deputy Clémentine Autain indicated this Monday on TF1 : “I wish them victory.” “These are outgoing deputies, who actually dared to criticize the direction of LFI, its orientation. And I regret that, over the past 48 hours, we have spent so much time discussing this,” lamented the one who is a candidate. to his re-election in Seine-Saint-Denis.
150 measures implemented over three successive periods. This is the guideline of the program of the New Popular Front, presented Friday June 14, 2024. LFI, EELV, the PS, the PCF have agreed on numerous commitments that they wish to implement if they obtain the majority in the National Assembly, on July 7, on the evening of the 2e round of legislative elections. This program would be implemented in three phases: first a series of decisions taken within 15 days after coming to power, then another within 100 days following the start of their governance and, finally, some during the following months.
It goes without saying that the New Popular Front has access to its main promises on purchasing power, which it intends to improve. For this, numerous increases will be decreed: that of the minimum wage to 1,600 euros net, that of the minimum contributory level to the level of the minimum wage, that of the minimum old age to the level of poverty only, that of the AAH to the level of the minimum wage, that of APL of 10%, while indexing salaries to inflation. At the same time, pension, unemployment and RSA reforms will be repealed.
Furthermore, faced with soaring energy bills (electricity, gas, fuel), the New Popular Front promises to remove the 10% tax on energy bills, to cancel the planned increase in the price of gas , to make the first KwH of electricity free and to put an end to electricity, heat and gas cuts.
Concerning Education, the left announces that it wants to repeal the “shock of knowledge” desired by Emmanuel Macron, preserve the educational freedom of teachers, work on total free schooling (Canteen, supplies, transport, extracurricular), but also reduce the number of students per class is 19, abolish Parcoursup, introduce meals for 1 euro at Crous.
Long awaited on the burning subject of international diplomacy, the left alliance revealed its position. On Ukraine, she wishes to maintain the delivery of arms and defend the sovereignty of the Ukrainian people, continue the seizure of the oligarchs’ assets in the banks and send peacekeepers, in particular to secure nuclear power plants.
As for the thorny subject of Israel and Gaza, the New Popular Front proposes to break with support for the government of Benjamin Netanyahu (Israeli Prime Minister), and to enforce the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which evokes a risk of genocide. He also wishes to act for the release of hostages held since the massacres, described as “terrorist”, by Hamas, and for the release of Palestinian political prisoners. He promises to support the International Criminal Court in its prosecution of Hamas leaders and the Israeli government and calls for immediate recognition of the State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel on the basis of UN resolutions, with the holding of elections in Palestine.