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French left expected to announce 'Popular Front' alliance
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6/13/2024
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Definitely hoping to hear from the left-wing front very soon, this so-called
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new popular front. I can tell you a lot of action and heated discussions taking
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place, but behind closed doors. And when leaders of the left come out, they don't
00:15
really give us any information. But we have been told that a statement could be
00:20
released tonight, anytime soon really, and then a press conference tomorrow with
00:26
the key figures of the left-wing. You have the Green Party, the Socialist
00:31
France on about of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. So why such tensions? Because there are
00:38
577 constituencies in France, and of course this new popular front, this
00:44
left-wing bloc, is seeking to present one candidate per constituency. In other
00:50
words, unite, and there's therefore a lot of negotiations regarding the winnable
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constituencies, those areas of France where the left-wing stands a good chance
01:01
of winning in these legislative elections. And of course the radical left
01:06
with France Unbound are keen to retain leadership, even though they didn't
01:11
finish first from the left-wing parties in the EU elections, that was the
01:15
Socialists. But in the previous presidential and then legislative
01:19
elections, it was the radical left that was leading the left, and therefore
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they're trying to keep that control, keep the balance of power in their
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favour. Now Clovis, if the left-wing alliance does best in this election, and
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that's a big if obviously, but if they do, they could be the ones to nominate
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the Prime Minister. Do we know at this stage who that might turn out to be?
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We're not sure yet, but let me tell you that behind me you can see a small
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crowd, well those are left-wing supporters chanting, do not betray us,
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unite. And what they're saying, and what many left-wing supporters are saying,
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it's not time to decide who's going to be leading this bloc, because it's only
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going to create more divisions, tensions between the different parties. But of
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course there are some names already coming up, notably Jean-Luc Mélenchon,
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the boss of France Unbound. Radical left leader, controversial one in France, or at
02:18
least among some parts of France. And he's also infuriated, angered many on the
02:23
left, the Socialists, the Green Party in the past for his style, seen as not
02:30
particularly consensual, not keen to minimise tensions really. He has
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created many tensions, angered many, and therefore a lot of people here at the
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New Popular Front don't want him to be the Prime Minister if the left wins the
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coming elections. But there are other names coming up, notably François Ruffin
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from his own party, or Laurent Berger who's the union leader, former union
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leader for the CFDT, very popular here in France.
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