Donald Trump's victory and Kamala Harris's defeat within the US presidential election have re-emerged divisions inside France's political left on worldwide in addition to home points. Clearly eager to take care of management of the narrative, France's radical left, La France Insoumise (LFI), responded on Wednesday November 6 by taking the primary “stance in opposition to a “gentle” left.
In an announcement, LFI argued that the Republican nominee's return to the White Home was irreconcilable proof that “solely a radical and well-liked left” can prevail in opposition to the far proper. “You can not mobilize individuals on a neoliberal platform and with out social and geopolitical fractures,” wrote Manuel Bompard, the LFI’s high official, on X, referring to the center-left candidate Harris, who has been described as a “communist.” ” and a “complete Marxist” from Trump, two disqualifying phrases on the opposite facet of the Atlantic.
“An American election can’t be received additional to the left: in reality, that was the restrict of Bernie Sanders,” defined political scientist Philippe Marlière, referring to this determine of the American excessive left who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 in opposition to Hillary Clinton.
Pushed by an instinctive anti-Atlanticism, LFI chief Jean-Luc Mélenchon created “confusion,” Marlière believes, by equating the Democrat and the Republican. “The US couldn’t select the left: there was none,” Mélenchon, a three-time presidential candidate, reacted after Trump’s victory on Wednesday morning. Two days earlier, he mentioned that the 2 candidates for the White Home have been “related however not similar,” referring to their stance on the Israeli-Palestinian battle and their help of “capitalism.” “The lesser evil is all the time the evil,” he concluded, whereas acknowledging that he would have voted for Harris if he lived in a swing state.
The query of assist to Ukraine
LFI seeks to take the lead at a time when the problem of assist to Ukraine and strengthening European protection is more likely to return to the forefront of public debate. On these two points, the get together runs the danger of swimming in opposition to the tide. “It could possibly be very sophisticated for Mélenchon,” mentioned political scientist Rémi Lefebvre. As a Eurosceptic, LFI has all the time been skeptical concerning the warfare with Russia, advocated “peace” and known as for a “convention on borders,” a chance to query Ukraine's borders.
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