MEP Manon Aubry confirmed, Sunday January 28, that she should indeed be the head of the list of La France insoumise (LFI) for the European elections on June 9, as she was five years ago. “I am proposing my candidacy to lead the list of the Popular Union. I appeal to all the orphans of Nupes, all those for whom its creation represented hope. I want to tell them: “Join us, come help us!” »told the newspaper 20 minutes the 34-year-old parliamentarian.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party has long campaigned for a common list of left-wing parties but it was not followed by the communists, socialists and environmentalists. These groups will therefore leave in dispersed order for these elections. Created in 2022, the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) imploded last fall anyway, under the weight of disagreements between its members, in particular on the conflict in the Middle East.
A vote on the list at the beginning of March
“The Insoumis have already designated me leader. We are now working on developing the list and activists will have the opportunity to vote on the list in its entirety at the beginning of March., specified Manon Aubry. In 2019, the list she led obtained 6.31% of the votes and sent six deputies to the Parliament of Strasbourg and Brussels. According to polls, she is now credited with 7 to 8% of voting intentions.
“The succession of crises [covid, énergie, inflation] brought to light the danger of the dogmas on which the European Union was built. Sometimes European leaders have echoed our words. But the reality is that the European Union remains addicted to free trade, austerity and the commodification of everything. We have to wean her”said Manon Aubry to 20 minutes.
“The energy market has caused our electricity bills to explode. Budgetary austerity has suffocated our public hospital. But no lessons were learned”she added, being indignant at the “worst austerity crisis” which is coming due to new European rules. “I appeal to all the orphans of Nupes, all those for whom its creation represented hope. »