They succeeded in a first feat, managing to unite in a few days. This Sunday, at the end of the first round of the early legislative elections, the New Popular Front obtained 28.1% of the votes, according to estimates from our partner Ipsos at 8 p.m. A score which places him at the second position, just behind the RN.
According to Ipsos, the left-wing group would thus obtain between 125 and 165 seats at the end of the second round next Sunday, the majority of which (between 58 and 72) would go to LFI.
An unprecedented agreement
The day after Emmanuel Macron’s thunderous announcement, on the evening of June 9, to dissolve the National Assembly in the face of the rise of the far right in the European elections, the left got into gear. The first steps were not easy: it was necessary to forget the fratricidal campaign of the European elections, and, above all, to find agreements, both on the substance and on the distribution of constituencies.
But, despite the many sticking points, in just one week, LFI, the PS, EELV and the PCF signed an agreement, with, respectively, 229, 175, 92 and 50 candidates presented. In terms of the program, the differences were erased on international issues (Gaza and Ukraine in the lead) and rapprochements – natural or forced – were made on crucial points (wages, pensions, taxes, ecology, etc.). For the persistent fundamental disagreements, the New Popular Front postponed the problem until later, by proposing a detailed program for the first 100 days following the second round.
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