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Unitary Left Gauche unitaire | |
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| Leader | Christian Picquet |
| Founded | 14 March 2009 [1] |
| Dissolved | 8 September 2015 [2] |
| Merged into | French Communist Party |
| Ideology | Anti-capitalism[3] Socialism[3] Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| National affiliation | Left Front (2009–2014) |
| European affiliation | Party of the European Left |
| Colours | Red |
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Unitary Left[4] (Gauche unitaire, GU) was a far-left French political party founded in 2009. The party was led by Christian Picquet, a former member of the Revolutionary Communist League and former leader of the association Unite.[1] The party was dissolved and integrated into the French Communist Party (PCF) in 2015.[2]
The creation of the party was announced on 8 March 2009 at the founding congress of the Left Front electoral coalition ahead of the 2009 European elections. Picquet, whose opposition faction represented 3.7% at the founding congress of the New Anticapitalist Party, disagreed with the majority's refusal to ally with the Communist-led Left Front for the European elections.[1][5]
Other members from the same current remained in the New Anticapitalist Party, and formed the internal faction Convergences and Alternative on 17 May 2009.[6]
The party was a member of the Left Front and Picquet was the third candidate on the coalition's list in the Île-de-France constituency.[citation needed]
Ideologically, the party sought to unite all democratic socialists opposed to neo-liberalism under a common front.
In the 2010 French regional elections, the GU, as part of the Left Front, had seven officials elected into office:[7]
- Maïté Ballais (Auvergne)
- Armand Creus (Rhône-Alpes)
- Michelle Ernis (Upper Normandy)
- Jacques Lerichomme (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
- Céline Malaisé (Île-de-France)
- Christian Picquet (Midi-Pyrénées)
- Nicole Taquet-Leroy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)
On 29 April 2014, the GU left the Left Front, arguing the party was underrepresented as a founding member of the coalition and that the Front lacked a clear strategy or message.[8]
On 8 September 2015, the PCF and GU released a joint statement on the dissolution of the GU and its merger with the PCF. This decision was taken to limit the division of the French left.[2][9]
Two days later, Pierre Laurent, then National Secretary of the PCF, confirmed in a press conference that GU's members would participate fully within the PCF's party structure. Four GU leaders were given permanent seats on the PCF National Council, and Picquet was given a seat on the PCF National Executive Committee.[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Européennes: Christian Picquet (NPA) rejoint le "front de gauche" PCF-PG". AFP via Google News (in French). 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2009.
- 1 2 3 "Communiqué de presse". PCF.fr (in French). 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- 1 2 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2012). "France". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ↑ France: The Rise of the Left Front
- ↑ "Européennes: "vote écrasant" du NPA contre le "front de gauche"". AFP via Google News (in French). 8 March 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
- ↑ "Convergences et alternative, un courant pro-unité à gauche au sein du NPA". AFP via Google News. 18 May 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Des élu(e)s anticapitalistes, unitaires et indépendant(e)s". Gauche unitaire. 24 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Front de gauche : un parti membre suspend sa participation". Libération. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014.
- ↑ "La Gauche Unitaire rejoint le PCF | Pierre Laurent – Le blog". www.pierrelaurent.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.
- ↑ "Le PCF et la GU confirment officiellement leur regroupement". L'Humanité (in French). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
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External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 11 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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