the solitary technique of LFI in comparison with that of union of the remainder of the left | EUROtoday

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Manuel Bompard, coordinator of La France insoumise, in Marseille, December 6, 2025.

On the left, some play larger than others. This is the case of Marine Tondelier, the nationwide secretary of the Ecologists, nearly six years after the inexperienced wave within the municipal elections. At the time, the members of his motion established themselves in Lyon, Bordeaux, and even Strasbourg. A historic turning level for the get together which at present seems like a distant reminiscence. The tide has turned, whereas French ecologists got here near the disappearance of the European Parliament after the frustration of the European elections of 2024. A shadow on the image which augurs troublesome municipal elections in March 2026 for outgoing inexperienced mayors. If the get together have been to lose a number of of its giant cities, Marine Tondelier’s candidacy within the left-wing main for the 2027 presidential election might undergo.

Ardent advocate of the New Popular Front, Marine Tondelier continues to assert herself as a “hyphen” between the socialists and the “rebels” however this technique hardly stands as much as the check of those municipal elections. In truth, Environmentalists should save the city halls received in 2020, and above all want the Socialist Party (PS) to attain this. Pragmatic, they turned to the socialists to ascertain first-round alliances within the overwhelming majority of cities.

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