They demand one candidacy for the French left in the 2027 presidential election

Tondelelier showed confidence in embodying such a scenario, which last year led environmentalists, oppositionists, communists and socialists to become the second force in the National Assembly, after the ruling party, through the New Popular Ecological and Social Union bloc (Nupes). .

He announced in an interview with the weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche that in the coming weeks, we should launch the Goodwill Collaborative, which would represent the campaign committee for 2027.

In last year’s presidential election, Emmanuel Macron secured re-election by defeating far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the second round, an election that left La Francia Insumisa’s president, Jean-Luc Melenchon, at the gates of the second round. The round, the appointment at the polls where environmentalists, socialists and communists had their own candidate.

For Tondeleire, it was time for a woman to lead the left in France, and she called for preventing the discussion of unity from focusing solely on Melenchon.

The EELV leader rejected the idea of ​​a primary election to select the unitary candidacy, arguing that this path had failed.

The path, in his opinion, is the appointment by agreement between the various forces of a person who has the ability to “unite, calm and dialogue”, and is able to represent parties, associations, unions, citizen groups and artists on an equal footing.

With regard to next year’s European Parliament elections, Tondelere seemed far less convinced, so much so that he suggested environmentalists would not support a joint list within the left, a proposal launched by Insumisos.

According to him, there are important differences on issues such as China, Ukraine and the European vision.

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