Pact with Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise is attempt to deprive Emmanuel Macron of majority in parliament
France’s Socialist party and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s hard-left La France Insoumise party have reached an agreement in principle to form an alliance for June’s parliamentary election.
If the agreement between the LFI and the Socialists is confirmed, the French left will be united for the first time in 20 years. In particular, the wording on what the platform for the new alliance, which will run under the banner of the “Social and Ecological People’s Union”, would say on Europe was still being debated, sources said.Policies of the new alliance include plans to lower the retirement age to 60, raise the minimum wage and cap prices on essential products.
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