Valérie Igounet

Jan 22, 2024 | dissentmagazine.org | Cole Stangler |Jacob Hamburger |Valérie Igounet |Vincent Jarousseau

The French Left’s Delicate Unity Voters understand that a left unity pact provides the only path to victory on the national level. ▪ Winter 2024 In many respects, the French left is one of the strongest in Europe. Its loose coalition of parties—the New Ecological and Social Popular Union (NUPES)—makes up the biggest opposition bloc in the National Assembly, counting dozens more seats than the far-right National Rally.