After yesterday's EU elections in which the far-right got more than 30% of the vote, huge anti-far right protests happened in France, and a new Popular Front (in reference to the 1936 anti-fascist Popular Front) was proposed by politicians, major unions, and hundreds of personalities.

https://twitter.com/partisocialiste/status/1800265905173123140

Translation

A few days to build a Popular Front.

We held talks today to face the historic situation of the country, following the results of the European elections and the dissolution of the National Assembly.

We are calling for the creation of a new popular front uniting in a new form all the forces of the left humanists, unions, associations and citizens. We wish to defend a platform of social and ecological disruption to build an alternative to Emmanuel Macron and fight the racist plan of the far right.

In each constituency, we'll support a single candidate from the first round. They will defend a disruption platform explaining in detail the measures to enforce during the first 100 days of the new popular front government. Our objective is to govern the country in order to answer the democratic, ecological and social emergencies and for peace.

Echoing the call from unions and the youth tonight, we are urging you to join the processions and to protest a lot.

In the same way we are going to rule, with a clear direction, we want to build this new popular front with all the forces who share that ambition and that hope.

  • The Ecologist Party
  • France Unbowed
  • The Communist Party
  • The Socialist Party
  • Public Square
  • Generations
  • Socialist & Republican Left

Waiting for more!

  • footfaults [none/use name]
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    5 months ago

    Popular front to keep Macron in power and not solve the problems that caused the far right to grow

    • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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      5 months ago

      They are very much anti Macron but right now they want to focus on beating the far right before they take over the parliament.
      Macron helped the far right to get where they are today.

      • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        Macron is in power right now though. Seems like they should be protesting primarily the bourgeois state and its attempts to start WW3

        • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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          5 months ago

          They don't have the majority in any chamber of the parliament right now, there's also a lot of infighting with all the leftist parties, also Macron and his billionaire friends are demonizing them because of Palestine.
          There's only so much you can do in these situations.

          There's a new movement growing called the Front Populaire that just followed Macron's dissolution of the assembly which might get us somewhere. Still, the senate is pretty right leaning, so it will be an improvement if they win the next elections, but they might not get any work done because of it.