amongst younger left-wing activists, the will for unity put to the take a look at of the marketing campaign | EUROtoday

“ There are no more Nupes. » Guest of the France Inter morning show in December 2023, the “rebellious” chief, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, ratifies the top of the New Ecological and Social Popular Union. At the identical microphone, ten days later, Marine Tondelier, nationwide secretary of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, decides the query of a single candidacy on the left: there can be no frequent listing for the European elections of June 9.

Today, younger left-wing activists are subsequently campaigning individually. Benoit (he didn’t want to give his identify, just like the individuals talked about by their first identify solely), activist with the Young Socialists of 11^e district of Paris, tracts for Raphaël Glucksmann, head of the listing of the Socialist Party and Place publique, however the good polls of his candidate will not be sufficient to reassure him about the way forward for the left: he’s afraid that “the campaign breaks the Nupes”. He isn’t the one one.

The younger individuals of Nupes have lengthy referred to as for unity. In June 2023, seven youth coaching leaders from Nupes events met in Alfortville (Val-de-Marne). They referred to as on their elders to current a single left-wing listing for the European elections. In September, they even offered a draft of a joint program: 25 pages, 166 proposals, within the hope of convincing their elders. In useless.

“We fight for the same things”

“I am disappointed, like the others, that the union could not take place”regrets Emma Rafowicz, president of the Young Socialists. “We wanted to avoid staging the Macron-Le Pen duel in the face of a fragmented left”explains Emma Fourreau, co-coordinator of Jeunes Insoumis.es, whereas Jordan Bardella, president and head of the listing of the National Rally, and Gabriel Attal, the Prime Minister, debated nose to nose, on May 23, on France 2. She deplores the present configuration on the left: “An election is a battle where blows are distributed. It is the orchestra of divisions and it complicates the task of unity. » Especially since the campaign tends to exaggerate the differences according to Clarence Khaldi, parliamentary collaborator of the “rebellious” Paris MP Danielle Simonnet. “However, we are generally fighting for the same things”he regrets.

“ I can't anticipate the marketing campaign to finish, for us to cease hitting one another », breathes Benoit. For him, it’s crucial to not overlook two issues: “Our adversary is Macronism, our enemy, the acute proper. » A imaginative and prescient shared by Julien Layan, co-coordinator of Young Generations: “We had initiated one thing with this settlement. We needed to keep this momentum. To go away disunited was to danger small, lethal assaults. When we do that, we’re not combating the acute proper. »

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